| Broad-shelled long-necked turtle | |
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| Brisbane City Botanic Gardens | |
| Hunting fish at the Bronx Zoo | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | Chelidae |
| Genus: | Chelodina |
| Subgenus: | Chelydera |
| Species: | C. expansa
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| Binomial name | |
| Chelodina expansa (Gray, 1857)
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| Synonyms [1] | |
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List
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Chelodina (Chelydera) expansa, commonly known as the broad-shelled river turtle, broad-shelled snake-necked turtle,[2] or giant snake-necked turtle,[3] is a pleurodiran freshwater turtle and is the largest of the long-necked turtles.[4] It is widely sympatric with the Murray River turtle and eastern snake-necked turtle.[5] C. expansa is listed as ‘vulnerable’ in South Australia and ‘threatened’ in Victoria.[4]
- ^ Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 335–336. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ^ Cogger, Harold (2014). Reptiles and amphibians of Australia. CSIRO Publishing.
- ^ "Chelodina expansa". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ a b Ercolano, Ellyn (2008). "Aquatic and terrestrial habitat use of the Australian freshwater turtle, Chelodina expansa". Independent Study Project (Isp) Collection.
- ^ Loudon, F.K.; Spencer, R.J. (2012). Applying theories of life history and ageing to predict the adaptive response of Murray River turtles to climate change and habitat. Wildlife and Climate Change: Towards robust conservation strategies for Australian fauna.