EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Emydura australis
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Chelidae (Austro-American Side-necked Turtles)
subfamily.......Chelidinae ()
genus...............Emydura (Australian Short-necked Turtles)
species..............Emydura australis (Australian Big-headed Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Gray 1841 : 445
- Holotype
- BMNH 1947.3.4.36
- Type Locality
- "Western Australia?", restricted to "Macquarie River" [N.S.W., Australia] by Gray (1872:506).
- Original name
- Hydraspis australis
- Common Name
- Australian Big-headed Turtle
- Distribution
- Northern Australia from Cape York peninsula, Queensland to Arnhem Land, Northern Territory
- 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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