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Emydura subglobosa (KREFFT, 1876)

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Higher TaxaChelidae, Chelodininae, Pleurodira, Testudines (turtles)
SubspeciesEmydura subglobosa subglobosa (KREFFT 1876)
Emydura subglobosa worrelli WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985 
Common NamesE: Red-bellied Short-necked Turtle
worrelli: Diamond-head Turtle
G: Rotbauch-Spitzkopfschildkröte 
SynonymEuchelymys subglobosa KREFFT 1876
Emydura albertisii BOULENGER 1888 (fide CANN 1978)
Emydura albertisi — DE ROOIJ 1915: 319
Emydura albertisii — PODLOUCKY 1984
Tropicochelymys goodei WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985 (fide IVERSON et al. 2001)
Emydura subglobosa — IVERSON 1986
Emydura subglobosa — ERNST & BARBOUR 1989: 46
Emydura subglobosa — COGGER 2000: 199
Emydura subglobosa subglobosa — GEORGES & THOMSON 2010
Emydura subglobosa angkibaanya JOSEPH-OUNI, MCCORD, CANN, SMALES & FREEMAN 2019
Emydura subglobosa subglobosa — TTWG 2021

Emydura subglobosa worrelli WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985
Tropicochelymys worrelli WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 9
Tropicochelymys leichhardti WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985, nomen nudum
Emydura victoriae worrelli
Emydura worrelli — COGGER 2000: 740 (see comment)
Emydura subglobosa worrelli — GEORGES & ADAMS 1996
Emydura subglobosa worrelli — MCCORD et al. (2003)
Emydura worrelli — BONIN et al 2006
Emydura subglobosa worrelli — GEORGES & THOMSON 2010
Emydura worrelli — CANN & SADLIER 2017
Emydura subglobosa worrelli — TTWG 2021 
DistributionS Papua New Guinea,
Australia (Jardine River at the northern tip of the Cape York Penisula, Queensland)

subglobosa: New Guinea, Australia (Queensland: tip of Cape York)

worrelli: NW Australia, maybe New Guinea

Type locality: Naiabui, on Amama River, SE Papua New Guinea.

angkibaanya: Australia (N Queensland); 'Old River Crossing' , Jardine River, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia, 11°08'S, 142°21'E (fide Shaffer et al., 2009)  
Reproductionoviparous. 
TypesHolotype: MSNG 2320 (was CE; Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova)
Holotype: AMS R53689 [worrelli]
Holotype. AMS R37669, adult female of 160 mm straight carapace length, collected 1972 by G. Webb and R. Shine. The prepared skull of this specimen is catalogued as AMS R37669.01. Paratypes: AMS R37666, juvenile; AMS R37668, adult male [angkibaanya] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2252 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy: Emydura albertisii has been included in E. kreffti (GOODE 1967) or in E. australis (PRITCHARD 1979). GOODE (1967) also synonymized E. schultzei with Emydura (= Elseya) novaeguineae and Emydura subglobosa and Emydura albertisii with Emydura krefftii. FRITZ & BAUR (1995) report a vital hybrid between Emydura subglobosa and Elseya novaeguineae.

Subspecies: Emydura subglobosa angkibaanya JOSEPH-OUNI et al. 2019 was considered a synonym of E. s. subglobosa by TTWG 2021. The subspecies subglobosa and worrelli are only weaky distinct genetically and are thus best considered as subspecies.

Distribution: Map in MCCORD et al. (2003) and Joseph-Ouni et al. 2019 (Appendix, Fig. 5). WELLS & WELLINGTON (1985) separated the Batten Creek and MacArthur River, Northern Territory, populations as Tropicochelymys worrelli (fide KING & BURKE 1989). The distribution of the two subspecies remains to be clarified.

Etymology: The subspecific name angkibaanya references the Australian Aboriginal dialectic word for 'rainbow' in the language of the Gudang people who are traditional inhabitants of the northern-most area of the Cape York Peninsula, in allusion to this taxon's bold facial and ventral coloration.

Habitat: freshwater (rivers, swamps)

Abundance: Rare. This is one of the species called 'lost' and 'rediscovered' by Lindken et al. 2024. 
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