Chelodina steindachneri
| Chelodina steindachneri | |
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| Dorsal view of the holotype of Chelodina steindachneri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | Chelidae |
| Genus: | Chelodina |
| Subgenus: | Chelodina |
| Species: | C. steindachneri
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| Binomial name | |
| Chelodina steindachneri Siebenrock, 1914[1]
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| Synonyms[2][3] | |
Chelodina steindachneri, commonly known as the dinner-plate turtle, Steindachner's turtle and or Steindachner's flat-shell turtle, is a
Chelodina longicollis
group of species.
Description and types
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Etymology
The specific name, steindachneri, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Franz Steindachner.[4]
Geographic range
C. steindachneri is endemic to the state of Western Australia in Australia.[3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of C. steindachneri are freshwater rivers and freshwater swamps.[3]
References
- ^ Siebenrock F (1914). "Eine neue Chelodina-Art aus Westaustralien ". Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien (Mathemathisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse) 17: 386-387. (Chelodina steindachneri, new species). (in German).
- ISSN 1864-5755.
- ^ a b c Species Chelodina steindachneri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Chelodina steindachneri, p. 252).
Further reading
- ISBN 978-0643100350.
- Grossmann P, Grossmann W (1989). "Das Portrait: Chelodina steindachneri SIEBENROCK ". Sauria 11 (2): 1–2. (in German).
- Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.