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Taxonomy of the genus Elusor Biodiversity of the family Chelidae

Bibliography of the genus
Elusor (Mary River Turtle)

(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.


Elusor macrurus

Cann, J.; Legler, J.M. 1994. The Mary River tortoise: a new genus and species of short-necked chelid from Queensland, Australia (Testudines: Pleurodira). Chelonian Conservation and Biology 1(2): 81-96.

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.

Clark, N.J.; Gordos, M.A.; Franklin, C.E. 2008. Thermal plasticity of diving behavior, aquatic respiration, and locomotor performance in the Mary River turtle Elusor macrurus. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 81(3): 301-309.

Clark, N.J.; Gordos, M.A.; Franklin, C.E. 2009. Implications of river damming: the influence of aquatic hypoxia on the diving physiology and behaviour of the endangered Mary River turtle. Animal Conservation 12(2): 147-154.

Georges, A.; McInnes, S. 1998. Temperature fails to influence hatchling sex in another genus and species of chelid turtle, Elusor macrurus. Journal of Herpetology 32(4): 596-598.

Green, D. 1996. Observations of grooming in some captive Australian chelid turtles. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 26(1): 46-47.

IUCN Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. 2016. Elusor macrurus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T7664A97269010. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T7664A12841291.en.

Lieb, C.S.; Sites, J.W.; Archie, J.W. 1999. The use of isozyme characters in systematic studies of turtles: preliminary data for Australian chelids. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 27(2): 157-183.

McCord, W.P.; Joseph-Ouni, M. 2004. Chelonian illustrations. 12. snake-necked and monotypic side-necked turtles of Indo-Australasia. Reptilia (GB) 32: 66-69.

Micheli-Campbell, M.A.; Baumgartl, T.; Booth, D.T.; Campbell, H.A.; Connell, M.; Franklin, C.E. 2013. Selectivity and repeated use of nesting sites in a freshwater turtle. Herpetologica 69(4): 383-396.

Micheli-Campbell, M.A.; Campbell, H.A.; Connell, M.; Dwyer, R.G.; Franklin, C.E. 2013. Integrating telemetry with a predictive model to assess habitat preferences and juvenile survival in an endangered freshwater turtle. Freshwater Biology 58(11): 2253-2263.

Micheli-Campbell, M.A.; Campbell, H.A.; Cramp, R.L.; Booth, D.T.; Franklin, C.E. 2011. Staying cool, keeping strong: incubation temperature affects performance in a freshwater turtle. Journal of Zoology (London) 285(4): 266-273.

Micheli-Campbell, M.A.; Connell, M.J.; Dwyer, R.G.; Franklin, C.E.; Fry, B.; Kennard, M.J.; Tao, J.; Campbell, H.A. 2017. Identifying critical habitat for freshwater turtles: integrating long-term monitoring tools to enhance conservation and management. Biodiversity and Conservation 26(7): 1675-1688.

Schaffer, C.; Schaffer, R. 2009. The Mary River turtle, just a dam(n) shame. Turtle and Tortoise Newsletter 14: 13-17.