Table 6. A in Electrophoretic delineation of species boundaries within the genus Chelodina (Testudines: Chelidae) of Australia, New Guinea and Indonesia

Table 6. A list of recognized species of Chelodina (Testudinata: Chelidae) from Australia, New Guinea and the island of Roti. Chelodina rugosa is synonymised with C. siebenrocki; C. burrungandjii incorporates the form from the Kimberley Plateau of Western Australia tentatively regarded by Thomson et al. (2000) as a distinct species. Chelodina reimanni is recognized on the basis of published morphological evidence only (Philippen & Grossman, 1990), being indistinguishable from C. novaeguineae using electrophoresis. Common names are after those of Cogger (2000) and Iverson (1992). Chelodina kuchlingi is known from a single preserved specimen of uncertain origin, and was unavailable for study. Species groups are regarded as subgenera SpeciesReferenceCommon nameSpecies Group AChelodina longicollis(Shaw, 1794)Eastern snake-necked turtleChelodina mccordiRhodin (1994b)Roti Island snake-necked turtleChelodina novaeguineaeBoulenger (1888)New Guinea snake-necked turtleChelodina pritchardiRhodin (1994a)Pritchard’s snake-necked turtleChelodina reimanniPhilippen & Grossman (1990)Reimann’s snake-necked turtleChelodina steindachneriSiebenrock (1914)Helmet-shelled turtleSpecies Group BChelodina burrungandjii(Thomson et al., 2001)Sandstone snake-necked turtleChelodina expansaGray (1857)Broad-shelled river turtleChelodina kuchlingiCann (1997)Kuchling’s snake-necked turtleChelodina parkeriRhodin & Mittermeier (1976)Parker’s snake-necked turtleChelodina rugosaOgilby (1890)Northern snake-necked turtleSpecies Group CChelodina oblongaGray (1841)Oblong turtle