Biology:Emydura victoriae
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | Chelidae |
| Genus: | Emydura |
| Species: | E. victoriae
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| Binomial name | |
| Emydura victoriae (Gray, 1842)[1]
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Emydura victoriae, also known commonly as the red-faced turtle, Victoria short-necked turtle and Victoria River turtle, is a species of medium-sized aquatic turtle in the family Chelidae. The species inhabits rivers, streams and permanent water bodies across much of northern Australia .
Etymology
The specific name, victoriae, refers to the Victoria River (Northern Territory).[2]
Taxonomy
The species E. victiriae has a disrupted nomenclatural history. For many years it appeared in the literature as Emydura australis (Gray 1841: 445)[3] however in 1983 this name was synonymised with Emydura macquarii, incorrectly according to Iverson et al. 2001.[4] Since this time the species has been known as Emydura victoriae this name too has nomenclatural issues[4] and it is possible the names may eventually be reversed again.
Synonymy
- Hydraspis victoriae Gray 1842:55
- Chelymys victoriae Gray 1872:21
- Chelymys victoriae Baur 1888:419
- Chelymys victoriae Baur 1889
- Emydura victoriae Worrell 1964:17
- Tropicochelymys victoriae — Wells & Wellington, 1985: 9
- Emydura victoriae King & Burke 1989
- Emydura victoriae Georges 1996
- Emydura victoria Cann, 1997: 28 (ex errore)
- Emydura victoriae Cogger 2000: 199
- Emydura victoriae Georges & Thomson 2010
- Emydura victoriae Kehlmaier et al. 2019
- Emydura victoriae TTWG 2021
References
- ↑ Gray, J.E. (1842). "Description of some hitherto unrecorded species of Australian reptiles and batrachians". pp 51-57. In: Gray, J.E. Zoological Miscellaney. London: Treuttel, Wurtz and Co.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Emydura victoriae, p. 275).
- ↑ Gray, John Edward (1841). "A catalogue of the species of reptiles and amphibia hitherto described as inhabiting Australia, with a description of some new species from Western Australia, and some remarks on their geographical distribution". In: Grey, G. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in Northwest and Western Australia. London: T. and W. Boone, Vol. 2. Appendix E, pp. 422–449.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Iverson, John B., Arthur Georges and Scott Thomson (2001). "The validity of the taxonomic changes for turtles proposed by Wells and Wellington". Journal of Herpetology 35: 361-368. download
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