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Turtles (Testudines)    Genera Acanthochelys South American Side-necked Swamp Turtles Chelodina Indo-Australian Snake-necked Turtles Chelus Matamatas Elseya Sahul Snapping Turtles Elusor Mary River Turtle Emydura Australian Short-necked Turtles Hydromedusa South American Snake-necked Turtles Mesoclemmys Hump-backed Toad-headed Turtles Myuchelys Sawshelled Turtles Phrynops Lesser Toad-headed Turtles Platemys Twist-necked Turtle Pseudemydura Western Swamp Turtle Ranacephala Rio Pequena Side-necked Turtle Rheodytes Fitzroy River Turtle Rhinemys Red Amazon Side-necked Turtle

Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022. Biodiversity of the family Chelidae Bibliography of the family Chelidae Chelidae Austro-American Side-necked Turtles Schlangenhalsschildkröten     Australsk-amerikanske Halsvendere Contents: Endemicity: 15 genera of which 5 (33.3%) are endemic   0% 100% 69 species of which 48 (69.6%) are endemic   0% 100% Remarks: Family name sometimes spelt Cheluidae (e.g., Wilson 2005; Wilson & Swan 2010). Distribution:  South America, Malay Archipelago, Australia. Reported from: Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, East Timor, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela.