Chelodina kurrichalpongo
| Chelodina kurrichalpongo | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | Chelidae |
| Genus: | Chelodina |
| Subgenus: | Chelydera |
| Species: | C. kurrichalpongo
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| Binomial name | |
| Chelodina kurrichalpongo (Joseph-Ouni, McCord, Cann & Smales, 2019)
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Chelodina kurrichalpongo, also known as the Darwin snake-necked turtle, is a species of snake-necked turtle that is endemic to Australia. The specific epithet kurrichalpongo refers to the Aboriginal Dreamtime creation myth of the black rock-snake that laid the eggs from which hatched the rainbow snakes that carved the depressions and watercourses in the landscape. The name alludes to the snake-like neck of the turtle, the varied colour-phases of different individuals, and to the rivers and billabongs it inhabits.[1]
Distribution
[edit | edit source]The species occurs in the tropical Top End of the Northern Territory. The type locality is McMinns Lagoon on the outskirts of Darwin.[1]
References
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