Common Names of Australian Reptiles

TURTLES

Based on the Census of Australian Vertebrate Species (CAVS) - Reptiles Version 8.1 - 15 June 1995 - Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS)

Common names and cross references added by J W Hardy, Coordinator Wildlife Licensing, Biodiversity Management Unit, NPWS in July 1997 (Nomenclatural changes updated 1 August 2002)

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N.B. Scientific names generally follow Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, H.G. Cogger 1992 with additions and cross references from Encyclopedia of Australian Animals - Reptiles, Harald Ehmann 1992 and Webster Mulimedia’s Reptiles and Frogs CD-ROM, Harald Ehmann and Michael Tyler 1996.

Common names have been added by the NSW NPWS for the purpose of database recognition of species held by reptile keepers. Where more than one common name is listed for the one species, the first is that appearing in Encyclopedia of Australian Animals - Reptiles, Harald Ehmann 1992 and/or Webster Mulimedia’s Reptiles and Frogs CD-ROM, Harald Ehmann and Michael Tyler 1996. Other common names were lifted from the popular literature including Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, H.G. Cogger 1992; and A Field Guide to the Snakes and Lizards of New South Wales, Gerry Swan, 1990.

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NSW NPWS

Species Licence

Code Scientific Name Taxonomic Description Common Name Distribution Class

REPTILES

Carettochelydidae - freshwater turtle

U2014 Carettochelys insculpta Ramsay,1886 Pig-nosed Turtle NT 3

Pitted-Shelled Turtle

Warrajan

Chelidae - freshwater turtles

T2030 Chelodina burrungandjii Sandstone Long-necked Turtle NT 3

E2018 Chelodina canni McCord & Thompson, 2002 Cann’s Long-necked Turtle NT, Qld 1

A2016 Chelodina expansa Gray,1857 Broad-shelled Snake-necked Turtle NSW,Qld,SA,Vic 3

Broad-Shelled River Turtle

C2017 Chelodina longicollis (Shaw,1794) Eastern Snake-necked Turtle NSW,Qld,SA,Vic 1

Eastern Snake-headed Tortoise

Long-necked Tortoise

Chelodina mccordi Indonesia

Chelodina novaeguineae Boulenger,1888 New Guinea Snake-necked Turtle New Guinea

(formerly E2018 this species is now regarded as restricted to New Guinea – the Aust population is C.canni)

G2019 Chelodina oblonga Gray,1841 Oblong Snake-necked Turtle WA 1

Oblong Turtle

Chelodina pritchardi New Guinea

Chelodina reimanni New Guinea

Q2020 Chelodina rugosa Ogilby,1890 Northern Snake-necked Turtle NT,Qld,WA 3

Northern Long-necked Turtle

S2021 Chelodina steindachneri Siebenrock,1914 Flat-shelled Snake-necked Turtle WA 3

Flat-Shelled Turtle

T2015 Chelodina sp. undescribed Northern Territory Turtle NT 3

T2016 Chelodina sp. undescribed Queensland Turtle Qld 3

T2033 Chelodina sp. Gilbert River Long-necked Turtle Qld 3

T2013 Elseya belli Cann, 1998 Namoi River Turtle NSW 3

Bell’s Turtle

Y2028 Elseya dentata (Gray,1863) Northern Snapping Turtle NT,Qld,WA 1

Victoria River Snapper

T2017 Elseya dentata ssp. Cann,1998 Burnett River Turtle Qld 3

T2018 Elseya dentata irwini Cann, 1998 Irwin’s Turtle Qld 3

T2012 Elseya georgesi Cann,1998 Bellinger River Turtle NSW 3

T2035 Elseya flaviventralis Yellow-bellied Snapping Turtle NT 3

K2029 Elseya latisternum Gray,1867 Saw-shelled Turtle NSW,NT,Qld 1

Common Saw-Shell

T2019 Elseya lavarackorum White and Archer,1993 Lavarack’s Turtle Qld 3

T2014 Elseya purvisi Cann,1998 Manning River Turtle NSW 3

Y2776 Elusor macrurus Cann and Legler, 1994 Mary River Turtle Qld 3

T2021 Emydura sp. Cann,1998 King Edward River Short-necked Turtle WA 3

T2022 Emydura australis Cann,1998 North-western Red-faced Turtle WA 3

C2033 Emydura krefftii (Gray,1871) Krefft’s Short-necked Turtle NSW(?),Qld 1

Krefft's River Turtle

E2034 Emydura macquarii (Gray,1830) Murray Short-necked Turtle NSW,Qld,SA,Vic 1

Murray Turtle

Short-necked Tortoise

T2031 Emydura macquarii dharra Macleay River Short-necked Turtle NSW 1

T2032 Emydura macquarii gunaburra Hunter River Short-necked Turtle NSW 1

G2035 Emydura macquarii signata Ahl,1932 Brisbane River Short-necked Turtle NSW,Qld 1

Emydura signata Ahl,1932 Brisbane River Short-necked Turtle NSW,Qld 1

(Now regarded as a subspecies of E. macquarii)

Y2036 Emydura subglobosa (Krefft,1876) Painted Short-necked Turtle Qld 3

Emydura subglobosa worrelli Diamond-head Turtle NT 3

T2020 Emydura tanybaraga Cann,1998 Northern Yellow-faced Turtle NT 3

K2037 Emydura victoriae (Gray,1842) Northern Red-faced Turtle NT,Qld,WA 3

Northern Short-necked Turtle

T2002 Emydura sp. undescribed Cooper Creek Short-necked Turtle Qld,SA 1

T2034 Emydura sp. Leichhardt River Short-necked Turtle Qld 3

Y2044 Pseudemydura umbrina Siebenrock,1901 Western Swamp Turtle WA 3

K2045 Rheodytes leukops Legler and Cann,1980 Fitzroy River Turtle Qld 3

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