''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
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 Amer ...
. The species is the least known of the
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
n 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.
Description and types
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''steindachneri'', is in honor of Austrian
herpetologist Franz Steindachner
Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian Zoology, zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachne ...
.
[Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Chelodina steindachneri'', p. 252).]
Geographic range
''C. steindachneri'' is
endemic to the state of
Western Australia in
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
.
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Habitat
The preferred natural
habitats of ''C. steindachneri'' are freshwater rivers and freshwater swamps.
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References
Further reading
* Cogger HG (2014). ''Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition''. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,o33 pp. .''
* 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. .
Chelodina
Turtles of Australia
Reptiles described in 1914
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