Species profile—Chelodina canni (Cann's longneck turtle)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Chelidae (side-necked turtles) → Chelodina canni (Cann's longneck turtle)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Chelidae (side-necked turtles)
- Scientific name
- Chelodina canni McCord & Thomson, 2002
- Common name
- Cann's longneck turtle
- Type reference
- McCord, W.P. and Thomson, S.A. (2002) A new species of Chelodina (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from northern Australia. Journal of Herpetology 36(2): 255-267.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 64
- Synonym(s)
- Chelodina novaeguineae
Chelodina rankini - Alternate name(s)
- New Guinea snake-necked turtle
Cann's snake-necked turtle
Cann's long-necked turtle - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Aquatic & Terrestrial
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=64.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
