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The Roti Island snake-necked turtle (''Chelodina mccordi'') is a critically endangered turtle species from Rote Island in Indonesia. ''Chelodina mccordi timorensis'', a subspecies of it, living on East Timor, is sometimes considered as its own species, called the Timor snake-neck turtle (''Chelodina timorensis''). It belongs to the genus ''Chelodina'' (Australian snake-necked turtles) within the Chelidae family (side-necked turtles). ''Chelodina mccordi roteensis'', another subspecies, is confined to two lakes in Landu Leko district in the north of Rote, including Lake Undun.〔Eisemberg, C. C. Costa, B. G. Guterres, E. C. Reynolds, S. J. & Christian, K.: (Assessment of Chelodina mccordi current status and community awareness along the Lake Iralalaro, Timor-Leste ), Report to the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund, Turtle Conservation Fund, and Andrew Sabin Family Foundation, by the Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, 2014.〕 ==Description== The Roti Island snake-necked turtle was split from the New Guinea snake-necked turtle and regarded as distinct species in 1994 after Dr. Anders Rhodin, director of the (Chelonian Research Foundation ) in Lunenburg (Massachusetts), found out that there are differences between the two species. The first snake-necked turtles on Rote Island were discovered in 1891 by George Albert Boulenger. They were named for Dr. William McCord, a veterinarian and turtle expert from Hopewell Junction, New York. The carapace can reach a length of . The neck is nearly as long. The color of the carapace is a pale grey brown. Occasionally there are also specimens which have a chestnut coloured hue. The plastron is a pale buff white. The neck is dark brown on the upperparts with round tubercles. The underparts are light beige. The iris is black surrounded by a white ring. Its habitat includes swamps, rice terraces and small lakes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roti Island snake-necked turtle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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