THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Chelidae · Clear filter
54 records · page 1 of 2
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Big-headed Pantanal Swamp TurtleAcanthochelys macrocephala (Rhodin, Mittermeier & Mcmorris, 1984) | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chaco Side-necked TurtleAcanthochelys pallidipectoris (Freiberg, 1945) | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brazilian Radiolated Swamp TurtleAcanthochelys radiolata (Mikan, 1820) | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Arnhem Land Long-Necked turtleChelodina burrungandjii Thomson, Kennett & Georges, 2000 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cann's Snake-necked TurtleChelodina canni Mccord & Thomson, 2002 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Giant Snake-necked TurtleChelodina expansa Gray, 1857 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kimberley Snake-necked Turtle [walloyarrina]Chelodina kuchlingi Cann, 1997 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Common Snake-necked TurtleChelodina longicollis (Shaw, 1794) | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| McCord's Snakeneck TurtleChelodina mccordi Rhodin, 1994 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Narrow-breasted Snake-necked TurtleChelodina oblonga Gray, 1841 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Parker’s Snake-necked TurtleChelodina parkeri Rhodin & Mittermeier, 1976 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pritchard's Snakeneck TurtleChelodina pritchardi Rhodin, 1994 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Reimann's Snakeneck TurtleChelodina reimanni Philippen & Grossmann, 1990 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dinner-plate TurtleChelodina steindachneri Siebenrock, 1914 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| White-throated Snapping TurtleElseya albagula Thomson, Georges & Limpus, 2006 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Guadalcanal snapping turtleElseya auramemoria Joseph-Ouni, Mccord & Dwyer, 2022 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| New Guinea Snapping TurtleElseya branderhorsti (Ouwens, 1914) | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Northern Australian Snapping TurtleElseya dentata (Gray, 1863) | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Malaita snapping turtleElseya eidolon Joseph-Ouni, Mccord & Dwyer, 2022 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yellow-bellied Snapping TurtleElseya flaviventralis Thomson & Georges, 2016 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Irwin's TurtleElseya irwini Cann, 1997 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elseya kalumburu Joseph-Ouni, Mccord & Cann, 2022 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gulf Snapping TurtleElseya lavarackorum (White & Archer, 1994) | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nabire snapping turtleElseya nabire Joseph-Ouni & Mccord, 2022 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Western New Guinea Stream TurtleElseya novaeguineae (Meyer, 1874) | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Merauke snapping turtleElseya papua Joseph-Ouni & Mccord, 2022 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Northern New Guinea Stream TurtleElseya schultzei (Vogt, 1911) | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mary River TurtleElusor macrurus Cann & Legler, 1994 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Emydura gunaleni Smales, Mccord, Cann & Joseph-Ouni, 2019 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Murray River TurtleEmydura macquarii (Gray, 1830) | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Red-bellied Short-necked TurtleEmydura subglobosa (Krefft, 1876) | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Northern Yellow-faced TurtleEmydura tanybaraga Cann, 1997 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maximilian’s Snake-headed TurtleHydromedusa maximiliani (Mikan, 1825) | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| South-American Snake-headed TurtleHydromedusa tectifera Cope, 1870 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dahl’s Toadhead TurtleMesoclemmys dahli (Zangerl & Medem, 1958) | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gibba (Toadhead) TurtleMesoclemmys gibba (Schweigger, 1812) | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Common Toadheaded TurtleMesoclemmys nasuta (Schweigger, 1812) | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brasilianische KrötenkopfschildkröteMesoclemmys perplexa Bour & Zaher, 2005 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amazon Toadhead Turtle [heliostemma]Mesoclemmys raniceps (Gray, 1856) | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tuberculate Toadhead TurtleMesoclemmys tuberculata (Luederwaldt, 1926) | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Vanderhaege’s Toadhead TurtleMesoclemmys vanderhaegei (Bour, 1973) | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Zulia Toadhead TurtleMesoclemmys zuliae (Pritchard & Trebbau, 1984) | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bells’ TurtleMyuchelys bellii (Gray, 1844) | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bellinger River TurtleMyuchelys georgesi (Cann, 1997) | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Northern Australian Snapping TurtleMyuchelys latisternum (Gray, 1867) | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Geoffroy’s Side-necked TurtlePhrynops geoffroanus (Schweigger, 1812) | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hilaire’s Side-necked TurtlePhrynops hilarii (Duméril & Bibron, 1835) | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cotinga River Toadhead TurtlePhrynops tuberosus (Peters, 1870) | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| William’s South-American Side-necked TurtlePhrynops williamsi Rhodin & Mittermeier, 1983 | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| (Western) Twist-neck TurtlePlatemys platycephala (Schneider, 1792) | ChelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.