EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Pseudemydura umbrina


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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Chelidae (Austro-American Side-necked Turtles)
subfamily.......Chelidinae ()
genus...............Pseudemydura (Western Swamp Turtles)
species..............Pseudemydura umbrina (Western Swamp Turtle)
Original Description
Siebenrock 1901 : 249
Holotype
NMW 89 (8450) = 1296
Type Locality
"Australia"
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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