Kingdom Animalia Class Sauropsida Suborder Pleurodira Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Testudines Family Chelidae | |
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Similar Emydura tanybaraga, Chelodina burrungandjii, Murray River turtle, Chelodina canni, Gulf snapping turtle | ||
Kimberley red faced turtle emydura australis
The red-faced turtle, (Emydura victoriae Gray, 1842) is a medium-sized aquatic turtle inhabiting rivers, streams and permanent water bodies across much of northern Australia.
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Taxonomy
This species has a disrupted nomenclatural history. For many years it appeared in the literature as Emydura australis (Gray 1841:445) however in 1983 this name was synonymised with Emydura macquarii, incorrectly according to Iverson et al. 2001. Since this time the species has been known as Emydura victoriae this name too has nomenclatural issues and it is possible the names may eventually be reversed again.
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