Chelodina walloyarrina

Chelodina (Chelydera) walloyarrina, the Kimberley long neck turtle or Kimberley snake-necked turtle, is a large species of long neck turtle endemic to the Kimberley region of Western Australia. In recent years, it has been unclear as to whether this was a valid species or not. It has been recognised as such by the 2017 and 2021 editions of the Turtle Checklist.^[2] In a recent paper it waslisted as a subspecies of Chelodina burrungandjii by Kehlmaier et al. 2019,^[3] however, that publication did not actually assess the type of the species nore did it analyse it. Hence it should be considered a full species.

Kimberley long neck turtle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Pleurodira
Family:	Chelidae
Genus:	Chelodina
Subgenus:	Chelydera
Species:	C. walloyarrina
Binomial name
Chelodina walloyarrina McCord, W. and Joseph-Ouni, M. 2007[1]