Animalia > Chordata > Testudines > Chelidae > Chelodina > Chelodina oblonga

Chelodina oblonga (narrow-breasted snake-necked turtle)

Synonyms: Chelodina colliei; Macrodiremys oblonga

Wikipedia Abstract

The southwestern snake-necked turtle, narrow-breasted snake-necked turtle or (based on the obsolete scientific name) oblong turtle (Chelodina (Macrodiremys) colliei) is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. It is endemic to the southwestern part of Western Australia. The species has been successfully bred in captivity in Cologne Zoological Garden.
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Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Jarrah-Karri forest and shrublands Australia Australasia Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Southwest Australia woodlands Australia Australasia Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Swan Coastal Plain Scrub and Woodlands Australia Australasia Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Fitzgerald River National Park II 732417 Western Australia, Australia

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Southwest Australia Australia Yes

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Choanocotyle hobbsi <Unverified Name>[1]
Choanocotyle juesuei <Unverified Name>[1]
Spiroxys chelodinae <Unverified Name>[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0