Chelodina

Chelodina longicollis

The Australian snake -necked turtle ( Chelodina ), also known as Australian Wenders neck turtles, are a genus of semi- aquatic turtles within the family of snake -necked turtles. The turtles of this genus are small to medium in size and oval shaped Carapaxe. The neck is longer than the tank and the head runs closely at the muzzle. Your home are New Guinea, Australia and some surrounding islands. Nine species are known. Five extant and two fossil taxa that were originally in the genus Chelodina, were transferred to the new genus Macrochelodina 1985.

The Australian snake -necked turtles are highly coveted Terra anti-cross animals. Seven species are already listed in the IUCN Red List, two of which are endangered and one ( Chelodina mccordi ) is so rare that they are " commercially extinct " by the dealers when it was classified and thus prohibited the legal trade in this type is.

Two features are noteworthy in this genus: With danger they pull their heads no vertical back, but put it sideways in a neck crease under the tank. In the northern Australian snake -necked turtle, although the eggs are laid in the mud underwater. Incubation period ( incubation period ) starts but only when the mud has dried.

Species

• Chelodina canni ( McCord & Thompson, 2002)
• Chelodina burrungandjii
• Chelodina expansa
• Chelodina longicollis ( Shaw, 1794)
• Chelodina mccordi ( Rhodin, 1994)
• Chelodina Kookaburra ( Boulenger, 1888)
• Chelodina parkeri ( Rhodin & Mitter Meier, 1976)
• Chelodina pritchardi ( Rhodin, 1994)
• Chelodina rhyme anni ( Philippen & Grossmann, 1990)
• Chelodina rugosa ( Ogilby, 1890)
• Chelodina steindachneri ( SIEBENROCK, 1914)