Chelodina mccordi mccordi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chelidoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Infraordo: Pan-Pleurodira Subordo: Pleurodira Superfamilia: Chelidoidea

Familia: Chelidae
Subfamilia: Chelodininae
Genus: Chelodina
Subgenus: Chelodina
Species: Chelodina mccordi
Subspecies: Chelodina mccordi mccordi

Name

Chelodina mccordi mccordi Rhodin, 1994
- Type locality: Roti Island, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia.
- Holotype: MCZ 176730

Distribution

Known only from Roti Island, located about 20 km southwest of the western end of Timor in the Lesser Sunda Islands in the Province of East Nusa Tenggara of the southeastern & Indonesian Archipelago.

References

Rhodin A.G.J. 1994. Chelid turtles of the Australian archipelago: II. A new species of Chelodina from Roti Island, Indonesia. Breviora 498:1-31. PDF.Reference page.
Kehlmaier, C., Zhang, X., Georges, A., Campbell, P.D., Thomson, S., & Fritz, U. 2019. Mitogenomics of historical type specimens of Australasian turtles: clarification of taxonomic confusion and old mitochondrial introgression. Scientific Reports (2019) 9:5841 | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-42310-x Reference page.
IUCN: Chelodina mccordi Rhodin, 1994 (Critically Endangered)

Vernacular names

English: Mccord's Snakeneck Turtle

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