Species Emydura tanybaraga Cann, 1997

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• Emydura tanybaraga Cann, J. 1997. The Northern Yellow-faced Turtle: A new species of short-necked turtle from the N.T. Australia. Monitor (Journal of the Victorian Herpetological Society) 9(1): 24-29, 34-35 [24].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM R125498 ♂, near Policeman Crossing, Daly River, NT [13°46'S 130°43'E].

 

Introduction

Emydura tanybaraga and are very difficult to distinguish consistently in the field, and further examination of their status using a combination of DNA sequence data and morphological data is warranted (Georges & Thomson 2010)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Lentic freshwater.

 

General References

Georges, A. & Thomson, S. 2010. Diversity of Australasian freshwater turtles, with an annotated synonymy and keys to species. Zootaxa 2496: 1-37 [27]

 

Common Name References

CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Northern Yellow-faced Turtle)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
31-Oct-2018	CHELIDAE	28-Aug-2018	MODIFIED
09-Aug-2012		09-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
29-Apr-2011		29-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)