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Original
Description |
Gray 1842 : 55 |
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Type
Locality |
"Victoria River, North-west coast of New Holland" [Northern Territory, Australia] |
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Syntypes |
(2 specimens) BMNH 1947.3.5.95; BMNH 1947.3.5.96 |
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Original name |
Hydraspis victoriae |
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Common
name |
Victoria Short-necked Turtle |
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Distribution |
Kimberly district of northern Western Australia to Darwin region in northwestern Northern Territory (at least Fitzroy to Daly river basins) |
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Comments |
Considered a subspecies of Emydura australis by Wermuth and Mertens (1977:127). Reviewed by Cogger et al. (1983). Wells and Wellington (1985:14) placed this species in their new genus Tropicochelymys and designated BMNH 1947.3.5.95 as lectotype; they also named the populations in the Batten Creek and MacArthur River area of North Territory as T. worrelli, but without diagnosis or adequate description. |
