Chelodina longicollis

Chelodina longicollis
Classificação científica edit
Domínio: Eukaryota
Reino: Animalia
Filo: Chordata
Classe: Reptilia
Ordem: Testudines
Subordem: Pleurodira
Família: Chelidae
Gênero: Chelodina
Subgénero: Chelodina
Espécies:
C. longicollis
Nome binomial
Chelodina longicollis
Shaw, 1794[2]
Sinónimos[1]
  • Testudo longicollis Shaw, 1794[2]
  • Chelodina novaehollandiae Duméril & Bibron, 1835[3]
  • Chelodina sulcata Gray, 1856[4]
  • Chelodina sulcifera Gray, 1856[5]

A tartaruga-pescoço-de-cobra (Chelodina longicollis)[6][7] é uma espécie de cágado da família Chelidae que vive nas águas doces e paradas da Austrália.[7] É conhecida por seu pescoço extremamente alongado que lhe rendeu o nome, e pelo odor que secreta quando ameaçada. É um animal carnívoro e sua alimentação constitui de insetos, crustáceos, moluscos, vermes, peixes e anfíbios.

Referências

  1. ↑ a b Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B., and Bour, R.]. 2014. "Turtles of the World, 7th edition: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution with maps, and conservation status". In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Pritchard, P.C.H., van Dijk, P.P., Saumure, R.A., Buhlmann, K.A., Iverson, J.B., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs 5(7):000.329–479 doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v7.2014
  2. ↑ a b Shaw, G. (1794) Zoology of New Holland. Vol 1. Davis, London.
  3. ↑ Duméril, André Marie Constant and Bibron, Gabriel (1835) Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Vol. 2. Paris: Roret.
  4. ↑ Gray, John Edward. (1856). On some new species of freshwater tortoises from North America, Ceylon and Australia, in the collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1855 (23):197–202. [Published Feb 1856].
  5. ↑ Gray, John Edward. (1856). Catalogue of Shield Reptiles in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Testudinata (Tortoises). London: British Museum, [Published Mar 1856].
  6. ↑ Kennett, R; Georges, A. (1990). «Habitat utilization and its relationship to growth and reproduction of the eastern long-necked turtle, Chelodina longicollis (Testudinata: Chelidae), from Australia». Herpetologica. 46 (1): 22–33. JSTOR 3892599 
  7. ↑ a b Kennett, R., Roe, J., Hodges, K., and Georges, A. 2009. Chelodina longicollis (Shaw 1784) – eastern long-necked turtle, common long-necked turtle, common snake-necked turtle. In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Pritchard, P.C.H., van Dijk, P.P., Saumure, R.A., Buhlmann, K.A., Iverson, J.B., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5, pp. 031.1–031.8, doi:10.3854/crm.5.031.longicollis.v1.2009