小長頸龜屬(Chelodina)是蛇頸龜科下的一個屬, 其命名史相當複雜。[2] 原先的大長頸龜屬(Macrochelodina)和窄胸長頸龜屬(Macrodiremys)現也屬於該屬。[2]
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小長頸龜屬只生活在澳大利亞、新幾內亞和印度尼西亞的羅地島。
大長頸龜屬在1985年首次被描述(作為一個新屬),其頭部和頸部都極長,嗜食魚,該亞屬中最大的寬甲長頸龜背殼長度可達45厘米(18英寸)。[3] 其第一批化石(C. (M.) alanrixi)來自於昆士蘭州的始新世地層。[4]
窄胸長頸龜屬是一個單種屬。[5]
現分類依據Georges & Thomson於2010年的研究:[2]
小長頸龜亞屬(Chelodina Fitzinger, 1826)
- 坎氏長頸龜 (Chelodina (C.) canni McCord & Thomson, 2002)
- 東澳長頸龜 (Chelodina (C.) longicollis (Shaw, 1794))
- 羅地長頸龜 (Chelodina (C.) mccordi Rhodin, 1994)
- 新幾內亞長頸龜 (Chelodina (C.) novaeguineae Boulenger, 1888)
- 鱗背長頸龜 (Chelodina (C.) reimanni Philippen and Grossmann, 1990)
- 普氏長頸龜 (Chelodina (C.) pritchardi Rhodin, 1994)
- 圓長頸龜 (Chelodina (C.) steindachneri Siebenrock, 1914)
大長頸龜亞屬(Macrochelodina Wells & Wellington, 1985[6] or Chelydera Thomson & Georges, 2020[7])
- †Chelodina alanrixi de Broin and Molnar, 2001[8]
- †Chelodina insculpta de Vis, 1897[9]
- 砂岩長頸龜 (Chelodina (M.) burrungandjii Thomson, Kennett & Georges, 2000[10])
- 寬甲長頸龜 (Chelodina (M.) expansa Gray, 1857)
- 紋面長頸龜 (Chelodina (M.) parkeri Rhodin and Mittermeier, 1976)
- 皺面長頸龜 (Chelodina (M.) oblonga Gray, 1841[11])
窄胸長頸龜亞屬(Macrodiremys McCord & Joseph-Uoni 2007[5])
- 窄胸長頸龜(Chelodina oblonga Gray, 1841[12] 同義詞 Chelodina colliei(Gray, 1856)[13])
參考資料
Fitzinger LJFJ. 1826. Neue classification der reptilien nach ihren natürlichen verwandtschaften. Nebst einer verwandtschafts-tafel und einem verzeichnisse der reptilien-sammlung des K. K. zoologischen museum's zu Wien. J.G. Hübner, Wien. vii, 66 pp.
Georges, A. & Thomson, S. 2010. Diversity of Australasian freshwater turtles, with an annotated synonymy and keys to species. Zootaxa 2496: 1–37.
Lapparent de Broin, F. de, & Molnar, R. E., 2001: Eocene chelid turtles from Redbank Plains, Southeast Queensland, Australia. Geodiversitas: Vol. 23, #1, pp. 41-79
McCord, W.P. & Joseph-Uoni, M., 2007, A New Genus of Australian Longneck Turtle (Testudines: Chelidae) and a New Species of Macrochelodina from the Kimberley Region of Western Australia (Australia. Reptilia, 31, 56–64.
Wells, R.W. and Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the amphibia and reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplementary Series. 1:1-61.
Shea, G., Thomson, S. & Georges, A. 2020. The identity of Chelodina oblonga Gray 1841 (Testudines: Chelidae) reassessed. Zootaxa 4779(3): 419–437. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4779.3.9. PDF
Lapparent de Broin, F. de, & Molnar, R. E., 2001: Eocene chelid turtles from Redbank Plains, Southeast Queensland, Australia. Geodiversitas: Vol. 23, #1, pp. 41-79
de Vis, C.W. 1897. The extinct freshwater turtles of Queensland. Annals of the Queensland Museum. 3: 3-7.
Gray, John Edward. 1841. A catalogue of the species of reptiles and amphibia hitherto described as inhabiting Australia, with a description of some new species from Western Australia, and some remarks on their geographical distribution. In: Grey, G. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in Northwest and Western Australia. London: T. and W. Boone, Vol. 2. Appendix E, pp. 422–449.
Gray, John Edward. 1856a. 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[1856](23):197–202.
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