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Chelodina steindachneri
	Dorsal view of the holotype of Chelodina steindachneri
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Pleurodira
Family:	Chelidae
Genus:	Chelodina
Subgenus:	Chelodina
Species:	C. steindachneri
Binomial name
	Chelodina steindachneri; Siebenrock, 1914
Synonyms
	Chelodina steindachneri ; Siebenrock, 1914; Chelodina millymillyensis ; Glauert, 1923; Hesperochelodina steindachneri ; — Wells & Wellington, 1985; Chelodina steindachneri ; — Cogger, 2000;

Chelodina steindachneri, commonly known as the dinner-plate turtle, Steindachner's turtle and or Steindachner's flat-shell turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is the least known of the Australian turtles and also one of the smallest members of the long-necked turtles of the genus Chelodina. It is a member of the subgenus Chelodina making it closely related to the Chelodina longicollis group of species.

Description and types

Holotype of *Chelodina steindachneri* NMW19798
Dorsal view	Ventral view

Etymology

The specific name, steindachneri, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Franz Steindachner.^[4]

Geographic range

C. steindachneri is endemic to the state of Western Australia in Australia.^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of C. steindachneri are freshwater rivers and freshwater swamps.^[3]

References

^ Siebenrock F (1914). "Eine neue Chelodina-Art aus Westaustralien ". Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien (Mathemathisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse) 17: 386-387. (Chelodina steindachneri, new species). (in German).
^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 326–327. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755.
^ ^a ^b ^c Species Chelodina steindachneri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Chelodina steindachneri, p. 252).

Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,o33 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
Grossmann P, Grossmann W (1989). "Das Portrait: Chelodina steindachneri SIEBENROCK ". Sauria 11 (2): 1–2. (in German).
Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.