EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Emydura subglobosa
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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 subglobosa (Red-bellied Short-necked Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Krefft 1876 : 390
- Holotype
- MSNG C.E. 2320 according to Ogilby 1905.
- Type Locality
- "Amana River S.E. [Papua] New Guinea"
- Original name
- Euchelymys subglobosa
- Common Name
- Red-bellied Short-necked Turtle
- Distribution
- Extreme northern tip of Cape York Peninsula, Queensland Australia and New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Indonesia and Papua)
- Comments
- See Comment under Emydura australis. Synonymy includes Emydura albertsii Boulenger (1888a). Reviewed by Cogger et al. (1983). Wells and Wellington (1985:13) placed this species in their new genus Tropicochelymys.
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