Chelodina kuchlingi

Chelodina kuchlingi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Chelidae
Subfamily: Chelodininae
Genus: Chelodina
Subgenus: Macrochelodina
Species: C. (M.) kuchlingi
Binomial name
Chelodina kuchlingi
Cann J., 1997[1]

Kuchling's Turtle (Chelodina (Macrochelodina) kuchlingi)has been considered the same species as Chelodina oblonga for the last decade, however, the species has been resurrected[2] and is now believed to come from the Northern Kimberely regions of Western Australia, Australia. Little is known about the species and a number of research projects are underway to evaluate it.

References

  1. ↑ Cann, John. 1997d. Kuchling’s turtle. Monitor (Journal of the Victorian Herpetological Society) 9(1):41–44, 32.
  2. ↑ 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. In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Pritchard, P.C.H., van Dijk, P.P., Saumure, R.A., Buhlmann, K.A., Iverson, J.B., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs 5(7):000.329–479, doi:10.3854/ crm.5.000.checklist.v7.2014.