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The list of species of Chelidae family

Chelidae is one of three living families of the turtle suborder Pleurodira, and are commonly called Austro-South American side-neck turtles. The family is distributed in Australia, New Guinea, parts of Indonesia, and throughout most of South America. It is a large family of turtles with a significant fossil history dating back to the Cretaceous. The family is entirely Gondwanan in origin, with no members found outside Gondwana, either in the present day or as a fossil.

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Mata Mata

Chelus fimbriata

The mata mata, mata-mata, or matamata (Chelus fimbriata ) is a freshwater turtle species found in South America, primarily in the Amazon and Orinoco basins. It is one of two extant species in the genus Chelus, the other being Chelus orinocensis.

Eastern Long-Necked Turtle

Chelodina longicollis

The Eastern long-necked turtle (Chelodina longicollis) is a species of snake-necked turtle found in Australia. It lives in a wide variety of water bodies and is an opportunistic feeder. It is a side-necked turtle, meaning that it bends its head...

Mary River Turtle

Elusor macrurus

The Mary River turtle (Elusor macrurus ) is an endangered short-necked turtle that is endemic to the Mary River in south-east Queensland, Australia. While the Mary River Turtle was first formerly discovered in 1994, they eluded discovery in their...

Irwin's turtle

Elseya irwini

Irwin's turtle (Elseya irwini ) is a rare species of freshwater turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is endemic to Australia, originating from the lower region of the Burdekin River area in northern Queensland, and was named after...

Red-bellied short-necked turtle

Emydura subglobosa

The red-bellied short-necked turtle (Emydura subglobosa ), also known commonly as the pink-bellied side-necked turtle and the Jardine River turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is native to Australia and Papua New...

Roti Island snake-necked turtle

Chelodina mccordi

The Roti Island snake-necked turtle (Chelodina mccordi ), also commonly known as McCord's snakeneck turtle, is a critically endangered turtle species from Rote Island in Indonesia.

Western swamp turtle

Pseudemydura umbrina

The western swamp turtle or western swamp tortoise (Pseudemydura umbrina ) is a critically endangered species of freshwater turtle endemic to a small portion of Western Australia. It is the only member of the genus Pseudemydura in the monotypic...

Northern snake-necked turtle

Chelodina rugosa

The northern snake-necked turtle or northern long-necked turtle (Chelodina (Chelydera) rugosa ) is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae or Austro-South American Side-necked Turtles. It is native to northern Australia and southern New...

Saw-shelled turtle

Myuchelys latisternum

The saw-shelled turtle, Myuchelys latisternum, is a species of turtle in the Chelidae family endemic to Australia, ranging along rivers and streams and connected swamps and lagoons from coastal Cape York Peninsula to northern New South Wales, with...

Southwestern snake-necked turtle

Chelodina oblonga

The oblong turtle (Chelodina oblonga ), also known commonly as the narrow-breasted snake-necked turtle and the southwestern snake-necked turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is endemic to the southwestern part of...

Bellinger River snapping turtle

Myuchelys georgesi

The Bellinger River turtle, (Myuchelys georgesi Cann, 1997) is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is of moderate size (carapace length to 240 mm in females, 185 mm in males), and is endemic to Australia with a highly restricted...

Fitzroy River turtle

Rheodytes leukops

The Fitzroy River turtle (Rheodytes leukops ) is a species of freshwater turtle in the family Chelidae. It is the only surviving member of the genus Rheodytes, the other member being the extinct form Rheodytes devisi. The species is endemic to south...

Twist-necked turtle

Platemys platycephala

The twist-necked turtle (Platemys platycephala ), also known as the flat-headed turtle, is distributed widely across northern South America. Twistoofnecked turtles have extremely flat shells that help them hide from predators under rocks and debris....

Phrynops geoffroanus

Phrynops geoffroanus, commonly known as Geoffroy's side-necked turtle or Geoffroy's toadhead turtle, is a species of large side-necked turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is endemic to South America.

Elseya albagula

Elseya albagula, commonly known as the white-throated snapping turtle, is one of the largest species of chelid turtles in the world, growing to about 45 cm (18 in) carapace length.The species is endemic to south-eastern Queensland, Australia, in the...

Argentine snake-necked turtle

Hydromedusa tectifera

The Argentine snake-necked turtle (Hydromedusa tectifera ), also known commonly as the South American snake-necked turtle is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is known for the long neck to which its common names refer. Despite...

Chelodina canni

Chelodina canni, also known commonly as Cann's snake-necked turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is endemic to Australia, where it is found in the northern and northeastern parts of the continent. It has a narrow zone...

Big-headed pantanal swamp turtle

Acanthochelys macrocephala

The big-headed pantanal swamp turtle or pantanal swamp turtle (Acanthochelys macrocephala ) is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae found in Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, and Paraguay.

Elseya branderhorsti

Elseya branderhorsti, also known commonly as Branderhorst's turtle and Branderhorst's snapping turtle, is a species of freshwater turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is endemic to southern New Guinea, in West Papua Indonesia and Western...

Red side-necked turtle

Rhinemys rufipes

The red side-necked turtle (Rhinemys rufipes ), red turtle, red-footed sideneck turtle, William's toadhead turtle, or red-footed Amazon side-necked turtle is a monotypic species of turtle in the family Chelidae. It is found in Colombia and possibly...

New Guinea snake-necked turtle

Chelodina novaeguineae

The New Guinea snake-necked turtle (Chelodina novaeguineae ) is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is found almost exclusively within Western Province, Papua New Guinea.

Chelodina burrungandjii

Chelodina (Chelydera) burrungandjii , the sandstone snake-necked turtle, is a medium-sized turtle reaching carapace lengths of 316 mm. The species is found in the sandstone plateaus and escarpments and the plunge pools of Arnhem Land of the Northern...

Black spine-neck swamp turtle

Acanthochelys spixii

The black spine-neck swamp turtle (Acanthochelys spixii ), also commonly known as the spiny-neck turtle or Spix's sideneck turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is endemic to South America, specially in the Southern Cone...

Manning River snapping turtle

Myuchelys purvisi

The Manning River snapping turtle (Myuchelys purvisi ) is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. It is endemic to Australia.

Elseya dentata

Elseya dentata (Gray, 1863), the northern snapping turtle, is a large aquatic turtle found throughout many rivers in northern Western Australia and the Northern Territory. It is one of three species in the nominate subgenus Elseya.

Parker's snake-necked turtle

Chelodina parkeri

Parker's snake-necked turtle (Chelodina parkeri ) is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae.

Gulf snapping turtle

Elseya lavarackorum

The Gulf snapping turtle or Lavaracks' turtle (Elseya lavarackorum ) is a large species of freshwater turtle in the sidenecked family Chelidae. The species is endemic to northern Australia in northwest Queensland and northeast Northern Territory....

New Guinea snapping turtle

Elseya novaeguineae

The Western New Guinea stream turtle or New Guinea snapping turtle (Elseya novaeguineae ) is a species of freshwater turtle in the Chelidae family. It is found in the Bird's Head Peninsula and the Bomberai Peninsula west of Cenderawasih Bay, and on...

Dahl's toad-headed turtle

Mesoclemmys dahli

Dahl's toad-headed turtle (Mesoclemmys dahli) is a medium-sized species of side-necked turle in the family Chelidae. This critically endangered freshwater turtle is endemic northern Colombia, where it lives in small pools, streams, and swamps, but...

Elseya schultzei

Elseya schultzei, commonly known as Schultze's snapping turtle, is a species of chelid turtle endemic to northern New Guinea.

Chelodina steindachneri

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...

Brazilian snake-necked turtle

Hydromedusa maximiliani

The Brazilian snake-necked turtle (Hydromedusa maximiliani ), locally known as cágado da serra, and also commonly known as Maximilian's snake-necked turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is endemic to southeastern...

Reimann's snake-necked turtle

Chelodina reimanni

Reimann's snake-necked turtle (Chelodina reimanni) is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is endemic to Oceania and Southeast Asia.

Elseya uberrima

Elseya uberrima is an Eocene species of extinct Australian snapping turtle.

Mesoclemmys raniceps

Mesoclemmys raniceps is a side-necked turtle found in the Amazon basin and Orinoco basin. Little is known about the turtle's life cycle, but there is evidence that the females can lay a clutch of 4-8 eggs several times in the year. Males are usually...

Mesoclemmys tuberculata

Mesoclemmys tuberculata is a species of turtle. It is found in northeastern Brazil.

Brazilian radiolated swamp turtle

Acanthochelys radiolata

The Brazilian radiolated swamp turtle (Acanthochelys radiolata ) is a species of turtle in the Chelidae family endemic to Brazil.

Namoi River snapping turtle

Myuchelys bellii

The Namoi River snapping turtle (Myuchelys bellii ), also commonly known as Bell's turtle, the Namoi River elseya, or Bell's saw-shelled turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is endemic to New South Wales, Australia.

Chaco side-necked turtle

Acanthochelys pallidipectoris

The Chaco side-necked turtle or Chaco sideneck turtle (Acanthochelys pallidipectoris ) is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae.It is found in Argentina, Paraguay, and possibly Bolivia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist...

Vanderhaege's toad-headed turtle

Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei

Vanderhaege's toad-headed turtle (Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei) is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is endemic to South America.

Hoge's side-necked turtle

Mesoclemmys hogei

Hoge's sideneck turtle (Ranacephala hogei ) is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. It is the only member of the genus Ranacephala. The species is endemic to the eastern Atlantic Forest of Brazil, primarily in the Carangola River of Minas...

Pritchard's snake-necked turtle

Chelodina pritchardi

Pritchard's snake-necked turtle (Chelodina pritchardi ) is a species of turtles in the family Chelidae. The species is endemic to a restricted area of Central Province, Papua New Guinea.

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