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Original
Description |
Gray 1841 : 445 |
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Type
Locality |
"Western Australia?", restricted to "Macquarie River" [N.S.W., Australia] by Gray (1872:506). |
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Holotype |
BMNH 1947.3.4.36 |
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Original name |
Hydraspis australis |
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Common
name |
Australian Big-headed Turtle |
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Distribution |
Northern Australia from Cape York peninsula, Queensland to Arnhem Land, Northern Territory |
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Comments |
Synonymy should include Chelymys krefftii Gray (1871b; = Emydura krefftii), and Euchelymys subglobosa Krefft (1876; = Emydura subglobosa), according to McDowell (1983). Considered a synonym of Emydura macquarrii by Cogger et al. (1983) and King and Burke (1989:120), without discussion. However, these poorly substantiated changes are rejected until John Legler's taxonomic review is complete. |
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