Chelidae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Testudines
- Family
- Chelidae
- Genus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Chelidae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Chelidae
Chelidae is one of three living families of the turtle suborder Pleurodira, and are commonly called Austro-South American side-neck turtles. The family is distributed in Australia, New Guinea, parts of Indonesia, and throughout most of South America. It is a large family of turtles with a significant fossil history dating back to the Cretaceous. The family is entirely Gondwanan in origin, with no members found outside Gondwana, either in the present day or as a fossil.
...Chelidae in languages:
- Chinese
- 蛇頸龜科
- Czech
- matamatovití
- Danish
- Australsk-amerikanske Halsvendere
- Dutch
- Slangenhalsschildpadden
- English
- Austro-American Side-necked Turtles
- English
- Kura-kura Berleher-ular
- German
- Schlangenhalsschildkröten
- Hebrew
- צבים מצדדי-צוואר
- Japanese
- ヘビクビガメ科
- Korean
- 뱀목거북과
- Portuguese
- Cágados pescoço-de-cobra
- Russian
- Змеиношеие черепахи
- Russian
- Змеиношейные черепахи
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