Taxonavigation

Familia: Chelidae
Subfamilia: Chelodininae
Genus: Chelodina
Subgenus: Macrodiremys
Species: Chelodina colliei

Name

• Chelodina colliei Gray J.E. 1856
  • Type locality: Swan River, Perth, Western Australia.
  • Lectotype: BMNH 1947.3.5.90-91 (set by Thomson 2000)

Reference

• Gray, J.E., (1856). On some new species of freshwater tortoises from North America, Ceylon and Australia, in the collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological society of London. 1855:197-202.

• Georges, A. & Thomson, S. 2010. Diversity of Australasian freshwater turtles, with an annotated synonymy and keys to species. Zootaxa 2496: 1–37. Preview PDF Reference page. 

• Thomson, S.A. 2000. The identification of the holotype of Chelodina oblonga (Testudines: Chelidae) with a discussion of taxonomic implications. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3:745–749. download

• 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. Chelonian Research Monographs 5(7):000.329–479 Reference page. 

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