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    Species Accepted

    Chelodina longicollis (Shaw, 1794)

    Common Snake-necked Turtle

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Recorded as introduced in 1 country or island

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      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      AustraliaNo

      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Common Snake-necked Turtle English
      Eastern Long-necked Turtle English
      Eastern Snake-necked Turtle English
      Gewöhnliche Schlangenhalsschildkröte German
      Glattrücken-Schlangenhalsschildkröte German
      Testuggine lungocollo comune Italian
      Tortue à long cou French
      Tortuga con Cuello de Serpiente Australiana Spanish
      chelodyna australijska Polish
      dlouhokrčka australská Czech

      Treatments

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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      TTWG [TURTLE TAXONOMY WORKING GROUP: RHODIN, A.G.J., IVERSON, J.B., FRITZ, U., GALLEGO-GARCÍA, N., GEORGES, A., SHAFFER, H.B., AND VAN DuK, P.P.]. (2025). Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (10th Ed.). In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., van Dijk, P.P., Stanford, C.B., Goode, E.V., Buhlmann, K.A., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs 10:1-575.
      Gotch, A. F. (1986). Reptiles - Their Latin Names Explained. Blandford Press, 176 Pp.
      Kaminski, Thmas H. and Andreas S. Hennig. (2013). Brief note on the find of a Common Snake-necked Turtle, Chelodina longicollis (Shaw, 1794) in the Australian state of New South Wales. Radiata 22 (4): 31-32.
      Mertens, R. (1972). Eine oft verkannte Unterart der australischen Schlangenhalsschildkröte Chelodina longicollis. Salamandra 8 (1): 27-31.
      Fritz, U., & Baur, M. (1995). Schildkröten-Hybriden. 1. Halswender-Schildkröten (Pleurodira). Herpetofauna 17 (94): 28-34.
      Bell, T. (1836). A monograph of the Testudinata. London, 1836-1842 (Sometimes given as 1832-1836, Not Date given, Unnumbered Pages).
      Shaw, G. (1794). The Zoology of New Holland. London, 33 Pp.
      Petrov, K., Sutcliffe, S., Truscott, H., Kutay, C., Eisemberg, C. C., Spencer, R. J., ... & Georges, A. (2023). Turtles in trouble. Conservation Ecology and Priorities for Australian Freshwater Turtles. Austral Ecology.
      Mo, & Matthew. (2015). Herpetofaunal community of the constructed Lime Kiln Bay Wetland, south Sydney, New South Wales. Victorian Naturalist 132 (3): 64-72.

      Citation

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