齒緣癩頸龜屬

齒緣癩頸龜屬（ElseyaGray, J.E. (1867) Description of a new Australian tortoise (Elseya latisternum). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) 20: 43-45.）是蛇頸龜科下的一個屬，該屬的龜發現於澳大利亞北部及東北部以及新幾內亞的河流中。Thomson, S., Georges, A. and C. Limpus, (2006). A New Species of Freshwater Turtle in the Genus Elseya (Testudines: Chelidae) from Central Coastal Queensland, Australia. Chelon. Conserv. Biol. 5(1): 74–86. PDF fulltext  它們的嘴部構造特殊並有齒槽。Thomson, S., White, A. & Georges, A (1997) Re-Evaluation of Emydura lavarackorum: Identification of a Living Fossil. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum (1997),42(1):327-336 其模式種為齒緣癩頸龜。

 分類學 

齒緣癩頸龜屬下有8種：

 齒緣癩頸龜（ Elseya dentata  Gray, 1863Gray, J.E. 1863. On the species of Chelymys from Australia, with the description of a new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 3(12):98-99）
 布氏癩頸龜（Elseya branderhorsti  Ouwens, 1914Ouwens, P. A. 1914. List of Dutch East Indian Chelonians in the Buitenzong Zoological Museum. Contributions a la Faune des Indes Neelandaises. 1:29-32.）
 歐文癩頸龜（Elseya irwini Cann, 1997Cann, J. 1997. Irwin's Turtle. Monitor 9(1):36-40.）
 拉氏癞颈龟（Elseya lavarackorum  White & Archer, 1994White, A. & Archer, M. 1994. Emydura lavarackorum, a new Pleistocene turtle (Pleurodira: Chelidae) from fluviatile deposits at Riversleigh, Northwestern Queensland. Records of the South Australian Museum 160-167. ）
 白喉癞颈龟（ Elseya albagula  Thomson, Georges & Limpus, 2006）
 新几内亚癞颈龟（Elseya novaeguineae Meyer, 1874.Meyer, A.B. 1874. Platemys novaeguineae sp. nov. Dr W.H. Peters legte vor: Eine mitteilung von Hrn. Adolf Bernhard Meyer uber die von ihm auf Neu-Guinea under den Inseln Jobi, Mysore und Mafoor im Jahre 1873 gesammelten Amphibien. Monatsber. Konig. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 39:128-140.）新幾內亞癩頸龜曾在2010年被重新劃分到寬胸癩頸龜屬下，Georges, A. & Thomson, S. 2010. Diversity of Australasian freshwater turtles, with an annotated synonymy and keys to species.  Zootaxa  2496: 1–37. 但是不久被移回。舒氏癩頸龜（Elseya schultzei Vogt, 1911）Vogt, T. 1911. Emydura schultzei, sp. nov. Reptilien und Amphibien aus Neu Guinea. Sber. ges. naturf. Freunde, Berl. 9:410-412. 是新幾內亞癩頸龜的亞種。Artner, H. 2008. The world's extant turtle species, Part 1. Emys, 15, 4-32.
 † Elseya nadibajagu  Thomson & Mackness, 1999Thomson, S. & Mackness, B. (1999) Fossil Turtles from the Early Pliocene Bluff Downs Local Fauna, with a description of a new species of Elseya. Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 123(3), 101-105, 30 November 1999.
 †Elseya uberima  De Vis, 1897De Vis, C.W. 1897. The extinct freshwater turtles of Queensland. Annals of the Queensland Museum. 3:3-7.

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