Family Chelidae (Austro-American Side-necked Turtles):
countries and regions with most species

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*Countries/regions with same number of species are ranked alphabetically
Rank* Country / region Species
No. 1
Australia
25
No. 2
Brazil
20
No. 3
Queensland [Australia]
14
No. 4
Indonesia
11
No. 5
New Guinea [Indonesia / Papua New Guinea]
11
No. 6
Northern Territory [Australia]
11
No. 7
Bolivia
10
No. 8
Western New Guinea [Indonesia]
10
No. 9
Eastern New Guinea [Papua New Guinea]
9
No. 10
Papua New Guinea
9
No. 11
Colombia
8
No. 12
Mato Grosso [Brazil]
8
No. 13
Minas Gerais [Brazil]
8
No. 14
Para [Brazil]
8
No. 15
Western Australia [Australia]
8
No. 16
Amazonas [Brazil]
7
No. 17
Argentina
7
No. 18
New South Wales [Australia]
7
No. 19
Paraguay
7
No. 20
Venezuela
7
No. 21
Acre [Brazil]
6
No. 22
Amapa [Brazil]
6
No. 23
Ecuador
6
No. 24
Ecuadorian mainland [Ecuador]
6
No. 25
Parana [Brazil]
6
No. 26
Peru
6
No. 27
Rondonia [Brazil]
6
No. 28
Roraima [Brazil]
6
No. 29
Goias [Brazil]
5
No. 30
Guyana
5
No. 31
Maranhao [Brazil]
5
No. 32
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil]
5
No. 33
Rio Grande do Sul [Brazil]
5
No. 34
Santa Catarina [Brazil]
5
No. 35
Sao Paulo [Brazil]
5
No. 36
Bahia [Brazil]
4
No. 37
Espirito Santo [Brazil]
4
No. 38
French Guiana [France]
4
No. 39
Surinam
4
No. 40
Tocantins [Brazil]
4
No. 41
Uruguay
4
No. 42
Alagoas [Brazil]
3
No. 43
Ceara [Brazil]
3
No. 44
Distrito Federal (Brazil) [Brazil]
3
No. 45
Fraser Island [Australia]
3
No. 46
Marajo Island [Brazil]
3
No. 47
Mato Grosso do Sul [Brazil]
3
No. 48
Piaui [Brazil]
3
No. 49
Sergipe [Brazil]
3
No. 50
South Australia [Australia]
3
No. 51
Victoria [Australia]
3
No. 52
Paraiba [Brazil]
2
No. 53
Pernambuco [Brazil]
2
No. 54
Rio Grande do Norte [Brazil]
2
No. 55
Trinidad [Trinidad & Tobago]
2
No. 56
Trinidad & Tobago
2
No. 57
Aru Islands [Indonesia]
1
No. 58
Australian Capital Territory [Australia]
1
No. 59
East Timor
1
No. 60
Ilhabela Archipelago [Brazil]
1
No. 61
Kangaroo Island [Australia]
1
No. 62
Misool [Indonesia]
1
No. 63
Rote [Indonesia]
1
No. 64
Sao Sebastiao [Brazil]
1
No. 65
Tasmania [Australia]
1
No. 66
Timor [East Timor / Indonesia]
1
No. 67
Torres Strait Islands [Australia]
1
No. 68
Waigeo [Indonesia]
1