Chelodina steindachneri, commonly known as the dinner-plate turtle, Steindachner's turtle and or Steindachner's flat-shell turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is the least known of the Australian turtles and also one of the smallest members of the long-necked turtles of the genus Chelodina. It is a member of the subgenus Chelodina making it closely related to the Chelodina longicollis group of species.
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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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Description and types
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Etymology
editThe specific name, steindachneri, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Franz Steindachner.[4]
Geographic range
editC. steindachneri is endemic to the state of Western Australia in Australia.[3]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitats of C. steindachneri are freshwater rivers and freshwater swamps.[3]
References
edit- ^ 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).
- ^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 326–327. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755.
- ^ a b c Species Chelodina steindachneri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Chelodina steindachneri, p. 252).
Further reading
edit- Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,o33 pp. 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.
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