Myuchelys purvisi (WELLS & WELLINGTON, 1985)
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Myuchelys purvisi
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| Higher Taxa | Chelidae, Chelodininae, Pleurodira, Testudines (turtles) |
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| Common Names | E: Manning River Sawshelled Turtle, Manning River Turtle, Purvis’ Turtle |
| Synonym | Elseya purvisi WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 8 Elseya purvisi — CANN 1998 Elseya purvisi — IVERSON et al. 2001 Elseya purvisi — COGGER 2000 (fide IVERSON et al. 2001) Elseya purvisi — BONIN et al 2006 Wollumbinia purvisi — WELLS 2007 Elseya latisternum purvisi — ARTNER 2008 Wollumbinia purvisi — WELLS 2009 Myuchelys purvisi — THOMSON & GEORGES 2009 Wollumbinia purvisi — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Myuchelys purvisi — GEORGES & THOMSON 2010 Flaviemys purvisi — LE et al. 2013 Flaviemys purvisi — TTWG 2014: 434 Wollumbinia purvisi — COGGER 2014: 256 Myuchelys purvisi — SPINKS et al. 2015 Myuchelys purvisi — TTWG 2017: 201 Wollumbinia purvisi — SWAN et al. 2017 Wollumbinia purvisi — CANN & SADLIER 2017 Myuchelys purvisi — THOMSON et al. 2021 Myuchelys purvisi — TTWG 2021 |
| Distribution | Australia (New South Wales) Type locality: 15 km S, 32.3 km E of Nowendoc (31 °39'S 152° 04'E), New South Wales. |
| Reproduction | oviparous. |
| Types | Holotype: AMS (AM) R44654; now Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (Flaviemys): A genus of short-necked turtles with the following character combination: (1) broad cervical scute; (2) bright yellow coloration on the ventral marginal and the plastron; (3) bright yellow stripe on the ventral aspects of legs, running from the plastron to the distal of the first toes; (4) three bright yellow stripes on the tail, with one mid-ventral and the others lateral; (5) bright yellow marking on the ventral distal tip of the tail; (6) neural bones present. |
| Comment | Synonymy: Might be synonymous to E. georgesi from which it differs “in a number of subtle colour differences... including a black horizontal bar through the eye” (which purvisi has but georgesi lacks; COGGER 2000). Myuchelys purvisi and M. georgesi are cryptic species (Georges & Adams, 1996; Thomson & Georges, 1996) differing overtly only in intensity of colouration. Type species: Elseya purvisi WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 8 is the type species of Flaviemys LE et al. 2013. The genus was rejected by Spinks et al. 2015, based on molecular data. |
| Etymology | Etymology (Flaviemys): The generic name ‘‘Flaviemys’’ is based on a distinctive yellow color pattern on the plastron of the species. From the Greek, flavus (yellow) and emys (turtle). Etymology: Named for Malcolm Purvis of North Sydney, New South Wales, noted herpetologist [from GEORGES & THOMSON 2010]. |
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