EMYSystem Species Page: Pseudemydura umbrina
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OrderOrder Testudines (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
FamilyFamily Chelidae (Austro-American Side-necked Turtles)
SubfamilySubfamily Chelidinae ()
GenusGenus Pseudemydura (Western Swamp Turtles)
SpeciesSpecies Pseudemydura umbrina (Western Swamp Turtle)
range of species Pseudemydura umbrina
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Original Description Siebenrock 1901 : 249
Type Locality "Australia"
Holotype NMW 89 (8450) = 1296
Original name Pseudemydura umbrina
Common name Western Swamp Turtle
Distribution Known only from swamps near Warbrook, northeast of Perth, Western Australia
Comments Reviewed by Williams (1958), Burbidge (1981), Groombridge (1982), and Kuchling and Dejose (1989).
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