Emydura subglobosa (KREFFT, 1876)
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Emydura subglobosa
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| Higher Taxa | Chelidae, Chelodininae, Pleurodira, Testudines (turtles) |
| Subspecies | Emydura subglobosa subglobosa (KREFFT 1876) Emydura subglobosa worrelli WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985 |
| Common Names | E: Red-bellied Short-necked Turtle worrelli: Diamond-head Turtle G: Rotbauch-Spitzkopfschildkröte |
| Synonym | Euchelymys 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 — 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 |
| Distribution | S 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) |
| Reproduction | oviparous. |
| Types | Holotype: 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] |
| Diagnosis | |
| Comment | Synonymy: 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. |
| Etymology | Presumably named after the Latin sub (under, somewhat) plus globosus (spherical), referring to the bulbous shape of the shell of this species. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024) |
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