Published January 25, 2022 | Version v1
Taxonomic treatment Open

Chelodina kuchlingi Cann 1997

Authors/Creators

Description

Chelodina kuchlingi Cann 1997:41

Holotype: WAM 29411 (photographed in the original description, p. 42, and in Ellis &Georges 2015:55, Cann 1998:97, and Cann & Sadlier 2017:93–94); sampled genetically by Kehlmaier et al. (2019); no paratypes designated.

Chelodina kurrichalpongo (Joseph-Ouni, McCord, Cann, & Smales 2019:9)

Holotype: NTM R17209; paratypes (7), NTM 17202, 17204, 17207, 17208, 17211, 17212, and 17950. Holotype and five paratypes photographed in the original description (Pl. 1).

Notes

Published as part of Iverson, John B., 2022, A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines), pp. 1-85 in Megataxa 7 (1) on page 4, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.7.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5964441

Files

Files (923 Bytes)

Name Size Download all
md5:8d4eaeb211faa0fb849b203e2f1bbe0c
923 Bytes Download

System files (9.5 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:cf2e1dfe4a01888f2ff95f5b9883f322
9.5 kB Download

Linked records

Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
NTM
Material sample ID
17204, 17207, 17208, 17211, 17212
Scientific name authorship
Cann
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Testudines
Family
Chelidae
Genus
Chelodina
Species
kuchlingi
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype , paratype
Taxonomic concept label
Chelodina kuchlingi Cann, 1997 sec. Iverson, 2022

References

  • Ellis, R. J. & Georges, A. (2015) An annotated type catalogue of the turtles (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) in the collection of the Western Australian Museum. Records of the Western Australian Museum, 30 (1), 52 - 60. https: // doi. org / 10.18195 / issn. 0312 - 3162.30 (1). 2015.052 - 060
  • Cann, J. (1998) Australian Freshwater Turtles. Beaumont Publications, Singapore, 292 pp.
  • Cann, J. & Sadlier, R. (2017) Freshwater Turtles of Australia. ECO Wear and Publishing, Rodeo, New Mexico, 448 pp.
  • Kehlmaier, C., Zhang, X., Georges, A., Campbell, P. D., Thomson, S. & Fritz, U. (2019) Mitogenomics of historical type specimens of Australasian turtles: clarification of taxonomic confusion and old mitochondrial introgression. Scientific Reports, 9 (5841), 1 - 12. https: // doi. org / 10.1038 / s 41598 - 019 - 42310 - x
  • Smales, I., Sadlier, R. & Campbell, P. D. (2019) Elseya latisternum Gray 1867 (Testudines: Chelidae): The identity of type specimens and a review of nineteenth century specimens in the Natural History Museum, London. Herpetologica Review, 50, 699 - 708.