Cann's snake-neck turtle (Chelodina canni McCord & Thomson 2002) is an Australian species found in the northern and north eastern parts of the continent. It has a narrow zone of hybridization with its related species the Eastern Snake Neck Turtle Chelodina longicollis. For many years this species was assumed to be the same species as Chelodina novaeguineae from New Guinea, however recently it has been shown that these two species differed both morphologically and genetically. Hence it was separated off and described as a unique species in 2002.