Chelodina

Chelodina, secara umum dikenali sebagai kura-kura leher ular. Genus kura-kura ini terdiri daripada pelbagai spesies dari keluarga Chelidae serta mempunyai sejarah penamaan taksa yang sangat rumit. Walaupun sebelum ini, Macrochelodina dan Macrodiremys diasingkan sebagai genus lain, namun kini mereka disatukan di bawah subgenus Chelodina.

Chelodina ialah sekumpulan kura-kura dari keluarga Chelidae yang berasal dari Australia, New Guinea, dan sebahagian Indonesia, iaitu Pulau Roti, dan Timor Timur. Kura-kura dari subgenus ini bersaiz kecil dan sederhana, memiliki karapas yang lonjong dan berleher sisi.

Macrochelodina merujuk kepada spesies kumpulan B Chelodina, atau berleher tebal. Subgenus ini dicadangkan pada tahun 1985 oleh Wells & Wellington (sebagai genus baru) namun tidak diiktiraf sehinggalah kini nama itu mula diterima dan dianggap sah. Mereka terdiri daripada kura-kura dari keluarga Chelidae dengan leher yang sangat panjang dan kepala rata. Menjadikan ikan sebagai diet, bersaiz sederhana dan besar seperti Chelodina (Macrochelodina) expansa yang mempunyai panjang sehingga 45cm.Macrochelodina expansa (Grey, 1856) - Broad-Shelled Turtle  Fosil pertama, Chelodina (Macrochelodina) alanrixi dijumpai berasal dari Queensland daripada zaman Eocene (Lapparent de Broin, F. de, & Molnar, R. E., 2001).Lapparent de Broin, F. de, & Molnar, R. E., 2001: Eocene chelid turtles from Redbank Plains, Southeast Queensland, Australia. Geodiversitas: Vol. 23, #1, pp. 41-79

Macrodiremys ialah genus monotip yang dikeluarkan daripada senarai Chelodina. Satu-satunya ahli yang tinggal ialah Chelodina (Macrodiremys) colliei dari barat Australia.

Taksonomi
Taksonomi terkini dicadangkan oleh Georges & Thomson, 2010Georges, A. & Thomson, S. 2010. Diversity of Australasian freshwater turtles, with an annotated synonymy and keys to species. Zootaxa  2496: 1–37. dengan kemaskini terbaharu oleh van Dijk et al. 2014.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.

Sinonim

Chelodina (Fitzinger 1826)
Chelodina (Fitzinger 1826:6)
Hydraspis (Bell 1828:512)
Chelyodina (Agassiz 1846:79) (nomen novum)
Hesperochelodina (Wells & Wellington 1985:9) (nomen nudum)
Macrochelodina (Wells & Wellington 1985:9)
Macrodiremys (McCord & Joseph-Ouni 2007:57)
Jenis Spesies: 
Chelodina: Chelodina longicollis (Shaw, 1794)
Macrochelodina: Chelodina rugosa (Ogilby 1890:56) = Chelodina oblonga (Gray 1841)
Macrodiremys: Chelodina oblonga (McCord & Joseph-Ouni 2007) = Chelodina colliei

Spesies

Subgenus: Chelodina (Fitzinger, 1826)
 Chelodina (C.) canni (McCord & Thomson, 2002)McCord W, Thomson S. (2002). A new species of Chelodina (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from Northern Australia. Journal of Herpetology 36(2):255-267. PDF – Kura-kura Leher Ular Cann
 Chelodina (C.) gunaleni (McCord & Joseph-Ouni, 2007)Chelodina gunaleni, The Reptile Database – Kura-kura Leher Ular Gunalen
 Chelodina (C.) longicollis (Shaw, 1794) – Kura-kura Leher Ular Biasa
 Chelodina (C.) mccordi (Rhodin, 1994b)Rhodin, Anders G.J. (1994b). Chelid turtles of the Australasian Archipelago: II. A new species of Chelodina from Roti Island, Indonesia. Breviora 498:1–31.PDF – Kura-kura Leher Ular McCord
 Chelodina (C.) murrayi (Yates, 2013)Yates (2013). A new species of long-necked turtle (Pleurodira: Chelidae: Chelodina) from the late Miocene Alcoota Local Fauna, Northern Territory, Australia. PeerJ 1:e170; DOI 10.7717/peerj.170
 Chelodina (C.) novaeguineae (Boulenger, 1888) – Kura-kura Leher Ular New Guinea
 Chelodina (C.) reimanni (Philippen & Grossmann, 1990) – Kura-kura Leher Ular Reimann
 Chelodina (C.) pritchardi (Rhodin, 1994a)Rhodin, Anders G.J. (1994a). Chelid turtles of the Australasian Archipelago: I. A new species of Chelodina from southeastern Papua New Guinea. Breviora 497:1–36. PDF – Kura-kura Leher Ular Pritchard
 Chelodina (C.) steindachneri (Siebenrock, 1914) – Kura-kura Leher Ular Steindachners
Subgenus: Macrochelodina (Wells & Wellington, 1985)Wells, R.W. and Wellington, C.R. (1985). A classification of the amphibia and reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplementary Series. 1:1-61.
 Chelodina (M.) alanrixi (de Broin and Molnar}}, 2001)Lapparent de Broin, F. de, & Molnar, R.E. (2001). Eocene chelid turtles from Redbank Plains, Southeast Queensland, Australia. Geodiversitas 23(1):41-79.
 Chelodina (M.) insculpta (de Vis, 1897)de Vis, C.W. (1897). The extinct freshwater turtles of Queensland. Annals of the Queensland Museum 3: 3-7.
 Chelodina (M.) burrungandjii (Thomson, Kennett & Georges, 2000)Thomson S., Kennett R. and Georges A. (2000). A new species of long necked turtle (Chelidae:Chelodina) from the sandstone plateau of Arnhem Land, Northern Australia. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3:675-685. – Kura-kura Leher Ular Tanah Arnhem
 Chelodina (M.) expansa (Gray, 1857) – Kura-kura Leher Ular Gergasi
 Chelodina (M.) kuchlingi (Cann, 1997)Cann, John (1997d). Kuchling’s turtle. Monitor (Journal of the Victorian Herpetological Society) 9(1):41–44,32. – Kura-kura Leher Ular Kuchling
 Chelodina (M.) parkeri (Rhodin & Mittermeier, 1976) – Kura-kura Leher Ular Parker
 Chelodina (M.) oblonga (Gray, 1841)Gray, John Edward (1841). A catalogue of the species of reptiles and amphibia hitherto described as inhabiting Australia, with a description of some new species from Western Australia, and some remarks on their geographical distribution. In: Grey, G. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in Northwest and Western Australia. London: T. and W. Boone, Vol. 2. Appendix E, pp. 422–449. – Kura-kura Leher Ular Utara Australia
 Chelodina (M.) walloyarrina (McCord & Joseph-Ouni 2007b:59)McCord, William P. and Joseph-Ouni, Mehdi (2007b). A new genus of Australian longneck turtle (Testudines: Chelidae) and a new species of Macrochelodina from the Kimberley region of Western Australia. (Australia). Reptilia (GB) (Barcelona) 55:56–64. – Kura-kura Leher Ular Kimberley
Subgenus: Macrodiremys (McCord & Joseph-Uoni 2007)McCord, W.P. & Joseph-Uoni, M. (2007a). A New Genus of Australian Longneck Turtle (Testudines: Chelidae) and a New Species of Macrochelodina from the Kimberley Region of Western Australia (Australia. Reptilia 31:56–64.
 Chelodina (M.) colliei (Gray, 1856)Gray, John Edward (1856a). On some new species of freshwater tortoises from North America, Ceylon and Australia, in the collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1855[1856](23):197–202. – Kura-kura Leher Ular Dada Sempit

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Overview of the genus Chelodina with original literature