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Taxonomy of the genus Myuchelys Biodiversity of the family Chelidae

Bibliography of the genus
Myuchelys (Sawshelled Turtles)

(Reptilia: Testudines: Chelidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Myuchelys in general

Fielder, D. 2013. Ancient phenotypes revealed through present day species - a morphological analysis of Australia's saw-shelled turtles including the threatened Myuchelys bellii (Testudines: Chelidae). Chelonian Conservation and Biology 12(1): 101-111.

Fielder, D.; Vernes, K.; Alacs, E.A.; Georges, A. 2012. Mitochondrial variation among Australian freshwater turtles (genus Myuchelys), with special reference to the endangered M. bellii. Endangered Species Research 17(1): 63-71.

Georges, A.; Thomson, S. 2010. Diversity of Australasian freshwater turtles, with an annotated synonymy and keys to species. Zootaxa 2496: 1-37.

Le, M.; Reid, B.N.; McCord, W.P.; Naro-Maciel, E.; Raxworthy, C.J.; Amato, G.; Georges, A. 2013. Resolving the phylogenetic history of the short-necked turtles, genera Elseya and Myuchelys (Testudines: Chelidae) from Australia and New Guinea. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 68(2): 251-258.

Spinks, P.Q.; Georges, A.; Shaffer, H.B. 2015. Phylogenetic uncertainty and taxonomic re-revisions: an example from the Australian Short-necked Turtles (Testudines: Chelidae). Copeia 103(3): 536-540.

Thomson, S.; Georges, A. 2009. Myuchelys gen. nov. - a new genus for Elseya latisternum and related forms of Australian freshwater turtle (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae). Zootaxa 2053: 32-42.

Myuchelys bellii

Fielder, D.; Chessman, B.; Georges, A. 2015. Myuchelys bellii (Gray 1844) – Western Saw-shelled Turtle, Bell‘s Turtle. Chelonian Research Monographs 5(88): 1-7.

Fielder, D.P. 2012. Seasonal and diel dive performance and behavioral ecology of the bimodally respiring freshwater turtle Myuchelys bellii of eastern Australia. Journal of Comparative Physiology A Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology 198(2): 129-143.

Fielder, D.P.; Limpus, D.J.; Limpus, C.J. 2014. Reproduction and population ecology of the vulnerable Western Sawshelled Turtle, Myuchelys bellii, in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 62(6): 463-476.

Wells, R.W. 2002. Taxonomic notes on some Australian freshwater turtles of the genera Chelodina and Elseya (Reptilia: Chelidae). Australian Biodiversity Record 2002(2): 1-30.

Myuchelys georgesi

Allanson, M.; Georges, A. 1999. Diet of Elseya purvisi and Elseya georgesi (Testudines: Chelidae), a sibling species pair of freshwater turtles from eastern Australia. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3(3): 473-477.

Blamires, S.J.; Spencer, R.J. 2013. Influence of habitat and predation on population dynamics of the freshwater turtle Myuchelys georgesi. Herpetologica 69(1): 46-57.

Blamires, S.J.; Spencer, R.J.; King, P.; Thompson, M.B. 2005. Population parameters and life-table analysis of two coexisting freshwater turtles: are the Bellinger River turtle populations threatened? Wildlife Research 32(4): 339-347.

Cann, J. 1997. Georges Short-neck Tturtle, Elseya georgesi sp. nov. Monitor (Journal of the Victorian Herpetological Society) 9(1): 18-23.

Cann, J.; Spencer, R.J.; Welsh, M.; Georges, A. 2015. Myuchelys georgesi (Cann 1997) – Bellinger River Turtle. Chelonian Research Monographs 5(91): 1-9.

Perry, K. 2015. Deaths in Bellinger River Snapping Turtles. Australian Veterinary Journal 93(6): N19.

Spencer, R.J.; Georges, A.; Lim, D.; Welsh, M.; Reid, A.M. 2014. The risk of inter-specific competition in Australian short-necked turtles. Ecological Research 29(4): 767-777.

Myuchelys latisternum

Clark, N.J.; Gordos, M.A.; Franklin, C.E. 2008. Diving behaviour, aquatic respiration and blood respiratory properties: a comparison of hatchling and juvenile Australian turtles. Journal of Zoology (London) 275(4): 399-406.

Freeman, A.; Cann, J. 2014. Myuchelys latisternum (Gray 1867) – Sawshelled Turtle, Saw-Shell Turtle. Chelonian Research Monographs 5(73): 1-8.

Gray, J.E. 1867. Description of a new Australian Tortoise (Elseya latisternum). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 20: 43, 44.

Hamann, M.; Schäuble, C.S.; Emerick, S.P.; Limpus, D.J.; Limpus, C.J. 2008. Freshwater turtle populations in the Burnett River. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 52(2): 221-232.

Hamley, T.; Georges, A. 1985. The Australian snapping tortoise Elseya latisternum: a successful predator on the introduced cane toad? Australian Zoologist 21(6-7): 607-610.

King, M.; Horner, P. 1987. An additional freshwater turtle species and the confirmation of Chelodina novaeguineae in the Northern Territory, Australia. Beagle 4(1): 83-84.

Lathouder, R. de; Jones, D.N.; Balcombe, S.R. 2009. Assessing the abundance of freshwater turtles in an Australian urban landscape. Urban Ecosystems 12(2): 215-231.

Legler, J.M.; Winokur, R.M. 1979. Unusual neck tubercles in an Australian turtle Elseya latisternum. Herpetologica 35(4): 325-329.

McKay, L.; Clarke, R.H. 1999. Some reptile range extensions at Lawn Hill National Park, Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 29(1): 21-24.

Murphy, J.B.; Lamoreaux, W.E. 1978. Mating behavior in three Australian chelid turtles (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae). Herpetologica 34(4): 398-405.

Prokop, H. 2010. Haltung und Nachzucht der Breitbrust-Schnappschildkröte, Myuchelys latisternum (Elseya latisternum). Reptilia (D) 15(85): 31-37.

Thomson, S.; Georges, A. 2009. Myuchelys gen. nov. - a new genus for Elseya latisternum and related forms of Australian freshwater turtle (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae). Zootaxa 2053: 32-42.

Tucker, A.D.; Guarino, F.; Priest, T.E. 2012. Where lakes were once rivers: contrasts of freshwater turtle diets in dams and rivers of southeastern Queensland. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 11(1): 12-23.

Webb, G.J.W. 1978. Observations on basking in some Australian turtles (Reptilia: Testudines: Chelidae). Herpetologica 34(1): 39-42.

Wells, R.W. 2009. Some taxonomic and nomenclatural considerations on the class Reptilia in Australia. A new species of freshwater turtle in the genus Wollumbinia Wells 2007 (Reptilia: Chelidae) from eastern Australia. Australian Biodiversity Record 2009(1): 1-11.

White, A.W. 1999. Initial observations and survey results of freshwater turtles in the Gregory River and lawn Hill Creek, northwestern Queensland. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 29(2): 37-48.

White, J. 1979. Courtship display of the snapping tortoise, Elseya latisternum Gray. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 11(1): 27-28.

Worrell, E. 1947. A new sanctuary. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1946-47: 33.

Myuchelys purvisi

Allanson, M.; Georges, A. 1999. Diet of Elseya purvisi and Elseya georgesi (Testudines: Chelidae), a sibling species pair of freshwater turtles from eastern Australia. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3(3): 473-477.

Fielder, D. 2013. Ancient phenotypes revealed through present day species - a morphological analysis of Australia's saw-shelled turtles including the threatened Myuchelys bellii (Testudines: Chelidae). Chelonian Conservation and Biology 12(1): 101-111.

Le, M.; Reid, B.N.; McCord, W.P.; Naro-Maciel, E.; Raxworthy, C.J.; Amato, G.; Georges, A. 2013. Resolving the phylogenetic history of the short-necked turtles, genera Elseya and Myuchelys (Testudines: Chelidae) from Australia and New Guinea. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 68(2): 251-258.

Spencer, R.J.; Georges, A.; Lim, D.; Welsh, M.; Reid, A.M. 2014. The risk of inter-specific competition in Australian short-necked turtles. Ecological Research 29(4): 767-777.