Chelodina kuchlingi
| Chelodina kuchlingi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | Chelidae |
| Subfamily: | Chelodininae |
| Genus: | Chelodina |
| Subgenus: | Macrochelodina |
| Species: | C. (M.) kuchlingi |
| Binomial name | |
| Chelodina kuchlingi Cann, 1997[1] | |
Chelodina (Macrochelodina) kuchlingi, commonly known as Kuchling's turtle, is a species of freshwater turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is endemic to Australia.
Etymology
The specific name, kuchlingi, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Gerald Kuchling.[2]
Taxonomy
C. kuchlingi had been considered the same species as Chelodina oblonga for the last decade, however, the species has been resurrected[3] and is now believed to come from the Northern Kimberley regions of Western Australia, Australia.
Biology
Little is known about C. kuchlingi, and a number of research projects are underway to evaluate it.
References
- ↑ Cann, John. 1997d. Kuchling’s turtle. Monitor, Journal of the Victorian Herpetological Society 9 (1): 32, 41–44.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Chelodina kuchlingi, p. 147).
- ↑ Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B., and Bour, R.]. 2014. Turtles of the world, 7th edition: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution with maps, and conservation status. In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Pritchard, P.C.H., van Dijk, P.P., Saumure, R.A., Buhlmann, K.A., Iverson, J.B., 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 5(7):000.329–479, doi:10.3854/ crm.5.000.checklist.v7.2014.
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