Chelidae is one of three living families of the turtle suborder Pleurodira, and are commonly called Austro-South American side-neck turtles.[2] The family is distributed in Australia, New Guinea, parts of Indonesia, and throughout most of South America. It is a large family of turtles with a significant fossil history dating back to the Cretaceous. The family is entirely Gondwanan in origin, with no members found outside Gondwana, either in the present day or as a fossil.[3]
^Cite error: The named reference gray31 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Obst, Fritz Jurgen (1998). Cogger, H. G.; Zweifel, R. G. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 111–112. ISBN 0-12-178560-2.
^Georges, A. & Thomson, S. (2006). "Evolution and Zoogeography of Australian freshwater turtles". In: Merrick, J. R.; Archer, M.; Hickey, G. & Lee, M. (eds.) Evolution and Zoogeography of Australasian Vertebrates. Sydney: Australia.
Chelidae is one of three living families of the turtle suborder Pleurodira, and are commonly called Austro-South American side-neck turtles. The family...
Georges (in Shea et al. 2020). They are a side-neck turtle of the family Chelidae with extremely long necks and long flattened heads. They are specialist...
turtles, commonly known as Australian snapping turtles, in the family Chelidae. Species in the genus Elseya are found in river systems in northern and...
Africa. Within the Pleurodira, three living families are represented: Chelidae, also known as the Austro-South American side-necked turtles, the Pelomedusidae...
Hydromedusa is a turtle genus in the family Chelidae, commonly known as the South American snake-necked turtles. They are quite closely related to the...
Hilaire's toadhead turtle, is a species of freshwater turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is endemic to South America. The specific name, hilarii, is...
Mesoclemmys is a genus of South American turtles in the family Chelidae. Species include: Mesoclemmys dahli (Zangerl & Medem, 1958) – Dahl's toad-headed...
elseya, or Bell's saw-shelled turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is endemic to New South Wales, Australia. Myuchelys bellii...
southwestern snake-necked turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is endemic to the southwestern part of Western Australia....
macrurus) is an endangered species of short-necked turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is endemic to the Mary River in south-east Queensland, Australia...
Total number of species = 648 Nota bene: In the following list, a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described...
American and Australian Chelidae, with the clade containing both Pelomedusidae and Podocnemididae to the exclusion of Chelidae dubbed Pelomedusoides. Within...
There are about 110 species of reptiles in Singapore. Most of them are small or rarely seen. But there are a few which are large or prominent. The largest...
(2020). "Genomic analyses reveal two species of the matamata (Testudines: Chelidae: Chelus spp.) and clarify their phylogeography". Molecular Phylogenetics...
snapping turtle (Wollumbinia purvisi) is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae, endemic to Australia. Rhodin, Anders G.J.; Inverson, John B.; Roger, Bour;...
toadhead turtle, is a species of large side-necked turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is endemic to South America. The specific name, geoffroanus...
Global Information
