SUBORDER: Pleurodira Cope 1869 [1868], Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 20:242-300.

DISTRIBUTION: Temperate and tropical regions of Africa, Australia, and Latin America.
COMMENT: Gaffney 1975, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 155(5):387-436, reviewed the group and offered a new classification arrangement.

FAMILY: Chelidae Gray 1825, Ann. Philos. (2)10:193-217.

DISTRIBUTION: South America, Australia, and New Guinea.
COMMENT: As originally formed the group name was Chelidina. Gaffney 1977, Am. Mus. Novit. 2620:1-28, studied the phylogenetic relationships within this family, and defined two subfamilies. See also Burbidge, Kirsch, and Main 1974, Copeia (2):392-409, and Frair 1980, Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 65B:505-511. Reviewed by Pritchard and Trebbau 1984, Turt. Venezuela 2:91-100. Synonymies and literature review for the Australian species may be found in Cogger, Cameron, and Cogger 1983, Zool. Cat. Australia Amph. Rept. 1:60-64.
REVIEWER: R. Mittermeier.

SUBFAMILY: Chelinae Gray 1825, Ann. Philos. (2)10:193-217.

DISTRIBUTION: South America, Australia, and New Guinea.
COMMENT: South American and Australian forms are in revision by A. Rhodin, R. Mittermeier, J. Carr, and J. Legler.

Acanthochelys Gray 1873, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4)11:305.

DISTRIBUTION: Southeastern Brazil, through Uruguay, Paraguay, and eastern Bolivia, to northern Argentina.
COMMENT: Iverson 1986, Checklist Turt. World :197, resurrected Acanthochelys Gray 1873 for this species based on McBee, Bickham, Rhodin, and Mittermeier 1985, Copeia (2):445-449. Biochemical systematics reviewed by Derr, Bickham, Greenbaum, Rhodin, and Mittermeier 1987, Copeia (2):370-375, under Platemys.
GEOGRAPHIC CODE: AR, BO, BR, PY, UY.

Acanthochelys macrocephala (Rhodin, Mittermeier, and McMorris 1984), Herpetologica 40(1):38.

ORIGINAL NAME: Platemys macrocephala.
TYPE: Holotype: NMW 1293.
TYPE LOCALITY: "Caicara, Rio Paraguai, Mato Grosso, Brazil (16°03'S, 57°43'W)".
DISTRIBUTION: Central Bolivia in the upper Rio Mamore drainage and Pantanal region of Brazil and Paraguay.
COMMENT: Closely related to Platemys [=Acanthochelys] radiolata according to the original description.
GEOGRAPHIC CODE: BO, BR, PY.
COMMON NAME: Pantanal big-headed turtle.

Acanthochelys pallidipectoris (Freiberg 1945), Physis. 20:19.

ORIGINAL NAME: Platemys pallidipectoris.
TYPE: Holotype: MACN 1731.
TYPE LOCALITY: "Pcia. [=Presidencia] Roque Saenz Pena, Chaco" Province, Argentina.
DISTRIBUTION: Chaco of Paraguay and northern Argentina, possibly eastern Bolivia.
COMMENT: Reviewed as Platemys by Ernst 1983, Cat. Am. Amph. Rept. 325.1-2.
STATUS: Evaluated as Platemys by Groombridge 1982, IUCN Amph. Rept. Red Data Book, Pt. 1:275, and listed as Rare.
GEOGRAPHIC CODE: AR, BO, PY.
COMMON NAME: Chaco sideneck turtle.

Acanthochelys radiolata (Mikan 1820), Delect. Flor. Faun. Brasil.: Fig.

ORIGINAL NAME: Emys radiolata.
TYPE: Holotype: NMW 23390.
TYPE LOCALITY: "Sebastianopoli" (=Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).
DISTRIBUTION: Southeastern Brazil, coastal rivers in states of Bahia, and Minas Gerais, south to the vicinity of Sao Paulo, and possibly Mato Grosso.
COMMENT: Reviewed as Platemys by Ernst 1983, Cat. Am. Amph. Rept. 339:1-2; and Rhodin, da Roche e Silva, and Mittermeier 1984, Copeia (3):780-786. See also Rhodin, Mittermeier, and McMorris 1984, Herpetologica 40(1):38-46.
GEOGRAPHIC CODE: BR.
COMMON NAME: Brazilian radiolated swamp turtle.

Acanthochelys spixii Duméril and Bibron 1835, Erpét. Gén. Hist. Nat. Rept. 2:409.

ORIGINAL NAME: Platemys spixii.
TYPE: ZSM 3003,0 designated lectotype by Hoogmoed and Gruber 1983, Spixiana Suppl. 9:345.
TYPE LOCALITY: "Bresil"; restricted on his map to "Rio de Janeiro" by Ernst 1983, Cat. Am. Amph. Rept., 326:1-2, and later restricted to "Rio Sao Francisco, near Rio dos Pandeiros, Minas Gerais, Brazil" by Rhodin, da Roche e Silva, and Mittermeier 1984, Copeia (3):783.
DISTRIBUTION: Southeastern Brazil, from the Rio Sao Francisco, southward through the coastal drainages to Uruguay, and westward to the territories of Formosa and Chaco in Argentina.
COMMENT: Reviewed as Platemys by Ernst 1983, Cat. Am. Amph. Rept., 326:1-2, and Rhodin, da Roche e Silva, and Mittermeier 1984, Copeia (3):780-786. Iverson 1986, Checklist Turt. World :197, lists MNHP (=MNHN) 8751, as the holotype of Platemys spixii Duméril and Bibron, rather than the lectotype, ZSM 3003, 0, which is the holotype of Emys depressa Spix. For further comment see Hoogmoed and Gruber 1983, Spixiana Suppl. 9:345.
REVIEWER: M. Hoogmoed.
STATUS: Evaluated by Groombridge 1982, IUCN Amph. Rept. Red Data Book, Pt. 1:277-8, and listed under Platemys as Insufficiently Known.
GEOGRAPHIC CODE: AR, BR, UY.
COMMON NAME: Spine-necked turtle, Black spine-necked swamp turtle.

Chelodina Fitzinger 1826, Neue Classif. Rept. :6.

TYPE SPECIES: Testudo longicollis Shaw 1794, by original designation.
DISTRIBUTION: Australia and New Guinea.
COMMENT: Reviewed by Cogger, Cameron, and Cogger 1983, Zool. Cat. Australia Amph. Rept. 1:60. Without justification, Wells and Wellington 1985, Australian J. Herpet., Suppl. Ser. 1:13, placed a number of the species in the genera Hesperochelodina and Macrochelodina -- see comments under the individual species.
GEOGRAPHIC CODE: AU, ID, PG.
COMMON NAME: Snake-necked turtles.

Chelodina expansa Gray 1857, Proc. Zool. Soc. London :370.

TYPES: 2 Syntypes: BMNH 1947.3.4.21 and 1947.3.5.88
TYPE LOCALITY: "Australia"; incorrectly restricted to "nordliches Australia" by Wermuth and Mertens 1977, Das Tierreich 100:122.
DISTRIBUTION: Murray-Darling River system of South Australia, New South Wales and Queensland, and coastal rivers of southeastern Queensland, including Fraser Island..
COMMENT: Reviewed by Cogger, Cameron, and Cogger 1983, Zool. Cat. Australia Amph. Rept. 1:60-61. With no justification, Wells and Wellington 1985, Australian J. Herpet., Suppl. Ser. 1:13, placed this species in the genus Macrochelodina.
GEOGRAPHIC CODE: AU.
COMMON NAME: Giant snake-necked turtle, Broad-shelled river turtle, Broad-shelled tortoise.

Chelodina longicollis (Shaw 1794), Zool. New Holland :19.

ORIGINAL NAME: Testudo longicollis.
TYPE: Not stated; BMNH 1947.3.5.86 presumed to be holotype by Cogger, Cameron, and Cogger, 1983 Zool. Cat. Australia Amph. Rept. 1:61.
TYPE LOCALITY: "Australasia or New Holland"
DISTRIBUTION: Eastern Australia; southeastern South Australia through eastern Queensland.
COMMENT: Cogger, Cameron, and Cogger 1983, Zool. Cat. Australia Amph. Rept. 1:61 point out that a holotype was not designated in the original description, but is presumed to be BMNH 1947.3.5.86, the same specimen Shaw 1802, Gen. Zool., Amphibia 3:62, used in redescribing this species.
GEOGRAPHIC CODE: AU.
COMMON NAME: Snake-necked turtle, Australian snake-necked turtle, Eastern snake-necked turtle, Long-neck tortoise, Common snake-necked tortoise.

Chelodina novaeguineae Boulenger 1888, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova (2a) 6:450.

ORIGINAL NAME: Chelodina novae-guineae.
TYPES: 2 Syntypes: MSNG C.E.8407 and BMNH 1946.1.22.36
TYPE LOCALITY: "Katow" (=Mawatta, Binatura River), Papua New Guinea.
DISTRIBUTION: Northeastern Australia (coastal Queensland), and southern drainages of New Guinea (Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea).
COMMENT: Reviewed by Cogger, Cameron, and Cogger 1983, Zool. Cat. Australia Amph. Rept. 1:61. Without justification, Wells and Wellington 1983, Australian J. Herpet. 1(3-4):74, claim the Australian population of this turtle is not novaeguineae, but is an undescribed species which they name Chelodina rankini without an adequate description or documentation. Wells and Wellington 1985, Australian J. Herpet., Suppl. Ser. 1:12, also designates BMNH 1946.1.22.36 lectotype of Chelodina novaeguineae Boulenger 1888.
GEOGRAPHIC CODE: AU, ID, PG.
COMMON NAME: New Guinea snake-neck turtle.

Chelodina oblonga Gray 1841, In: Grey, J. Exped. Discov. N. W. Australia 2:446.

TYPE: Holotype: BMNH 1947.3.5.89
TYPE LOCALITY: West Australia.
DISTRIBUTION: Southwestern Western Australia, primarily permanent waterways, though also found in seasonally flooded billabongs.
COMMENT: Reviewed by Cogger, Cameron, and Cogger, 1983, Zool. Cat. Australia Amph. Rept. 1:61. With no justification, no description and incomplete diagnosis, Wells and Wellington 1985, Australian J. Herpet., Suppl. Ser. 1:13, erect the genus Macrochelodina and designate oblonga as the type species.
GEOGRAPHIC CODE: AU.
COMMON NAME: Oblong turtle, Oblong tortoise, Oblong snake-necked turtle, Narrow-breasted snake-necked turtle.

Chelodina parkeri Rhodin and Mittermeier 1976, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 147:477.

TYPE: Holotype: AMS R21425.
TYPE LOCALITY: "Mawa, Lake Murray, Western District, Papua New Guinea".
DISTRIBUTION: Southern New Guinea (southwestern Papua New Guinea and possibly adjacent Irian Jaya).
COMMENT: Closely related to Chelodina siebenrocki, according to the original description.
GEOGRAPHIC CODE: ID, PG.
COMMON NAME: Parker's snake-necked turtle.

Chelodina rugosa Ogilby 1890, Rec. Australian Mus. 1:56.

TYPE: Holotype: AMS R6256.
TYPE LOCALITY: "Cape York," Queensland, Australia.
DISTRIBUTION: Northern Australia, from northeastern Queensland to Kimberley District, Western Australia.
COMMENT: Reviewed by Cogger, Cameron, and Cogger 1983, Zool. Cat. Australia Amph. Rept. 1:61. With no justification, Wells and Wellington 1985, Australian J. Herpet., Suppl. Ser. 1:13, placed this species in the genus Macrochelodina, and erected the name Macrochelodina billabong for the populations in the western flowing rivers of the Torresian subregion of the Northern Territory.
GEOGRAPHIC CODE: AU.
COMMON NAME: Northern snake-necked turtle, Northern Australian snake-necked tortoise.

Chelodina siebenrocki Werner 1901, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien 51:602.

TYPE: Holotype: ZMB 16491, now lost.
TYPE LOCALITY: "Deutsch-Neu-Guinea" (=northern Papua New Guina).
DISTRIBUTION: Southcentral coast of New Guinea and some islands in the Torres Strait.
COMMENT: According to Rhodin and Mittermeier 1976, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 147:465-488, this may be a synonym of Chelodina rugosa. With no justification, Wells and Wellington 1985, Australian J. Herpet., Suppl. Ser. 1:13, placed this species in the genus Macrochelodina.
GEOGRAPHIC CODE: ID, PG.
COMMON NAME: Siebenrock's snake-necked turtle.

Chelodina steindachneri Siebenrock 1914, Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien Math. Naturwiss. Kl. (1)17:386.

TYPE: Holotype: NMW 19798.
TYPE LOCALITY: Marloo Station, Grey River, Western Australia.
DISTRIBUTION: Western Australia from the DeGrey (=Grey) River in the north to the Irwin River in the south.
COMMENT: Reviewed by Cogger, Cameron, and Cogger 1983, Zool. Cat. Australia Amph. Rept. 1:62. Without justification, no description and no diagnosis, Wells and Wellington 1985, Australian J. Herpet., Suppl. Ser. 1:13, erect the genus Hesperochelodina for this species.
GEOGRAPHIC CODE: AU.
COMMON NAME: Flat-shelled turtle, Dinner-plate tortoise, Steindachner's tortoise, Steindachner's snake-necked turtle, Plated snake-necked turtle.

Chelus Duméril 1806, Zool. Analyt. :77.

TYPE SPECIES: Testudo fimbriata Schneider 1783, by monotypy.
DISTRIBUTION: As for the only species.
COMMENT: Zug 1977, Herpetologica 33:53-54, discussed the correct spelling of the generic name.
GEOGRAPHIC CODE: BO, BR, EC, GF, GY, PE, SR, TT, VE.
COMMON NAME: Matamata.

Chelus fimbriatus (Schneider 1783), Allgem. Naturgesch. Schild. :349.

ORIGINAL NAME: Testudo fimbriata.
TYPE: Not traced.
TYPE LOCALITY: Uprouague and Remire Island, French Guiana.
DISTRIBUTION: Northern and central South America; the Amazon and Orinoco drainages of Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, and intervening coastal rivers in the Guianas.
COMMENT: Reviewed by Pritchard and Trebbau 1984, Turt. Venezuela 2:101-110.
GEOGRAPHIC CODE: BO, BR, EC, GF, GY, PE, SR, TT, VE.
COMMON NAME: Matamata, Caripatua.

Elseya Gray 1867, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3)20:44.

TYPE SPECIES: Chelymys dentata Gray 1863, by subsequent designation of Lindholm 1929, Zool. Anz. Leipzig 81(11, 12):275-295.
DISTRIBUTION: Northern and eastern Australia; New Guinea.
COMMENT: Reviewed by Cogger, Cameron, and Cogger 1983, Zool. Cat. Australia Amph. Rept. 1:62. Frair 1980, Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 65B:505-511, considered Elseya as congener of Emydura, and McDowell 1983, In: Rhodin and Miyata, Adv. Herpet. Evol. Biol. :169-189, considered Elseya a synonym of Emydura. Elseya is provisionally retained in this list because McDowell's arrangement has not been widely accepted by other turtle systematists. See comment under Rheodytes Legler and Cann 1980.
GEOGRAPHIC CODE: AU, ID, PG.
COMMON NAME: Australian snapping turtles.

Elseya dentata (Gray 1863), Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3)12:98.

ORIGINAL NAME: Chelymys dentata.
TYPES: 2 Syntypes: BMNH 1947.3.6.2 and 1947.3.6.3 (the latter is probably the holotype according to Cogger, Cameron, and Cogger 1983, Zool. Cat. Australia Amph. Rept. 1:62, but it is not clear how one of the syntypes becomes the holotype).
TYPE LOCALITY: "N. Australia [Northern Territory]; Upper Victoria [River], in Beagle's Valley".
DISTRIBUTION: Northern Australia, from the Burnett River of eastern Queensland, north and west around the coast to the Kimberley district, Western Australia.
COMMENT: Reviewed by Cogger, Cameron, and Cogger 1983, Zool. Cat. Australia Amph. Rept. 1:62. Synonymy includes Platemys novaeguineae Meyer 1874, according to McDowell 1983, In: Rhodin and Miyata, Adv. Herpet. Evol. Biol. :169-189. Without justification, Wells and Wellington 1983, Australian J. Herpet. 1(3-4):74, state the Queensland population of this turtle represents an undescribed species, for which Wells and Wellington 1985, Australian J. Herpet., Suppl. Ser. 1:12, erect the name Elseya sterlingi with no description and an inadequate diagnosis.
GEOGRAPHIC CODE: AU.
COMMON NAME: Northern snapping turtle, Snapping tortoise.

Elseya latisternum Gray 1867, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3)20:44.

TYPE: Holotype: BMNH 1947.3.4.13.
TYPE LOCALITY: "North Australia".
DISTRIBUTION: Eastern and northeastern Australia from northern New South Wales to Cape York Peninsula
COMMENT: Reviewed by Cogger, Cameron, and Cogger 1983, Zool. Cat. Australia Amph. Rept. 1:62. Without justification, Wells and Wellington 1983, Australian J. Herpet. 1(3-4):74, state the population of this turtle in New South Wales is an undescribed species, for which Wells and Wellington 1985, Australian J. Herpet., Suppl. Ser. 1:12, with no description and an inadequate diagnosis, erect the name Elseya purvisi.
GEOGRAPHIC CODE: AU.
COMMON NAME: Saw-shelled turtle, Saw-shell tortoise, Serrated snapping turtle.

Elseya novaeguineae (Meyer 1874), Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berlin :128.

ORIGINAL NAME: Platemys novaeguineae.
TYPE: Holotype: MTKD D8222, according to Obst 1976, Zool. Abh. Staatl. Mus. Tierk. 34:43-46.
TYPE LOCALITY: New Guinea.
DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea and Palau.
COMMENT: McDowell 1983, In: Rhodin and Miyata, Adv. Herp. Evol. Biol. :169-189, considered this a synonym of Elseya dentata; this synonymy is not accepted for the purposes of this checklist because of the unsettled nature of the taxonomy of this group.
GEOGRAPHIC CODE: ID, PG.
COMMON NAME: New Guinea snapping turtle.

Emydura Bonaparte 1836, Chelon. Tab. Analyt. :7.

TYPE SPECIES: Emys macquaria Cuvier 1829 (nomen nudum) (=Chelys (Hydraspis) macquarrii Gray 1831), by monotypy.
DISTRIBUTION: Australia and New Guinea.
COMMENT: Cogger, Cameron, and Cogger 1983, Zool. Cat. Australia Amph. Rept. 1:62, suggested that Emydura is a nomen nudum, but should be retained by reason of long and general usage. Wells and Wellington 1983, Australian J. Herpet. 1(3-4):74, attempted to resurrect Chelymys Gray 1844 to replace Emydura. However, Stimson 1986, J. Herpet. 20(2):279-280, showed conclusively that Emydura Bonaparte 1836 was available and not a nomen nudum. With no description and an inadequate diagnosis, Wells and Wellington 1985, Australian J. Herpet., Suppl. Ser. 1:13-14, separated a number of species into the genus Tropicochelymys -- see comments in individual species accounts.
GEOGRAPHIC CODE: AU, ID, PG.
COMMON NAME: Short-necked turtles, Short-necked tortoise.

Emydura krefftii (Gray 1871), Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4)8:366.

ORIGINAL NAME: Chelymys krefftii.
TYPE: Holotype: BMNH 1947.3.6.1.
TYPE LOCALITY: Burnett River, Queensland.
DISTRIBUTION: Northeast coastal Australia; Murray Darling River basin, Bullo River basin, Lake Eyre basin in Queensland, and possibly adjacent northeastern South Australia.
COMMENT: Reviewed by Cogger, Cameron, and Cogger 1983, Zool. Cat. Australia Amph. Rept. 1:63. Without justification, Wells and Wellington 1985, Australian J. Herpet., Suppl. Ser. 1:13-14, placed this species in Tropicochelymys, and erected the name Tropicochelymys goodei for the Jardine River, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Tropicochelymys insularis for the Fraser Island, Queensland, and Tropicochelymys leichhardt for the Leichhardt River, Queensland, populations.
GEOGRAPHIC CODE: AU.
COMMON NAME: Krefft's river turtle, Krefft's tortoise.

Emydura macquarrii (Gray 1831), Synops. Rept. Cataphracta 1:40.

ORIGINAL NAME: Hydraspis macquarrii.
TYPE: Holotype: MNHN 9409.
TYPE LOCALITY: Australia; subsequently restricted to "Nova Hollandia, Macquarrie River," by Gray 1831, Synops. Rept. Cataphracta 1:40.
DISTRIBUTION: Murray Darling river systems and associated drainages west of the Great Dividing Range in southeastern Australia.
COMMENT: Reviewed by Cogger, Cameron, and Cogger 1983, Zool. Cat. Australia Amph. Rept. 1:63, who credit the original description to Gray 1830 [1831], In: Griffith and Pidgeon, Anim. Kingd. Cuvier 9:1-110. However, Gray 1855, Cat. Shield Rept. British Mus. 1:57, cites "Gray, Syn. 40," a clear reference to Gray 1831, Synops. Rept. Cataphracta 1:40. Gray 1855, Cat. Shield Rept. British Mus. 1:57, listed Hydraspis [=Chelymys] australis Gray 1841, In: Grey, J. Exped. Discov. N. W. Austral. 2:445, as a variety of Chelymys macquaria, then Gray 1872, Proc. Zool. Soc. London :504, corrected the type locality given in his original description of australis to the Macquarie River, New South Wales, and stated he was inclined to believe Chelymys [=Emydura] australis was a synonym of Chelymys [=Emydura] macquarrii. Apparently, since they have the same type localities, Cogger, Cameron, and Cogger 1983, Zool. Cat. Australia Amph. Rept. 1:63, listed Emydura australis as a synonym of Emydura macquarrii. Correct though that action may be, it leaves unresolved the correct name of the northeastern Western Australia and northwestern Northern Territory populations formerly assigned to this taxon. According to McDowell 1983, In: Rhodin and Miyata, Adv. Herpet. Evol. Biol. :169-189, synonymy includes Chelymys krefftii Gray 1871, and Euchelymys subglobosa Krefft 1876. See also Mertens 1969, Senckenb. Biol. 50:32-36. With no descriptions and inadequate diagnoses, Wells and Wellington 1985, Australian J. Herpet., Suppl. Ser. 1:12, erect the names Chelymys cooki for the Macleay River, New South Wales, population, Chelymys joncanni for the Hunter River system, New South Wales, population, and Chelymys windorah for the Cooper Creek, Strzelecki Creek, Queensland, populations of this turtle.
GEOGRAPHIC CODE: AU.
COMMON NAME: Murray River turtle, Murray River short-neck, Macquarie tortoise.

Emydura signata Ahl 1932, Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin :127.

TYPE: Holotype: ZMB 34102.
TYPE LOCALITY: "Umgebung von Brisbane [Queensland], Australien".
DISTRIBUTION: Eastern Australia, along the coast of northern New South Wales to extreme southern Queensland.
COMMENT: Listed as a subspecies of Emydura macquarrii by Wermuth and Mertens 1977, Das Tierreich, 100:128. Reviewed by Cogger, Cameron, and Cogger 1983, Zool. Cat. Australia Amph. Rept. 1:63.
GEOGRAPHIC CODE: AU.
COMMON NAME: Brisbane short-necked turtle, Brisbane short-necked tortoise.

Emydura subglobosa (Krefft 1876), Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova 1:390.

ORIGINAL NAME: Euchelymys subglobosa.
TYPE: Holotype: MSNG C.E.2320.
TYPE LOCALITY: Naiabui, on Amana River, southeastern Papua New Guinea.
DISTRIBUTION: Southern New Guinea; northeastern Australia, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland.
COMMENT: Reviewed by Cogger, Cameron, and Cogger 1983, Zool. Cat. Australia Amph. Rept. 1:63. See comment under Emydura australis. Wells and Wellington 1983, Australian J. Herpet. 1(3-4):74, state that the Australian population is an undescribed species and not subglobosa.
GEOGRAPHIC CODE: AU, ID, PG.
COMMON NAME: Red-bellied short-necked turtle, Painted tortoise.

Emydura victoriae (Gray 1842), In: Gray, Zool. Misc. :55.

ORIGINAL NAME: Hydraspis victoriae.
TYPES: 2 Syntypes: BMNH 1947.3.5.95 and 1947.3.5.96. See comment below.
TYPE LOCALITY: "Victoria River, North-west coast of New Holland" Northern Territory, Australia.
DISTRIBUTION: Northern Australia; northeastern Western Australia to northwestern Northern Territory.
COMMENT: Listed as a subspecies of Emydura australis by Wermuth and Mertens 1977, Das Tierreich 100:127. Reviewed by Cogger, Cameron, and Cogger 1983, Zool. Cat. Australia Amph. Rept. 1:64. Wells and Wellington 1985, Australian J. Herpet., Suppl. Ser. 1:14, designated BMNH 1947.3.5.95 lectotype. Without justification, Wells and Wellington 1985, Australian J. Herpet., Suppl. Ser. 1:14, designated this taxon the type species of the genus, and separated the Batten Creek and MacArthur River, Northern Territory, populations as Tropicochelymys worrelli.
GEOGRAPHIC CODE: AU.
COMMON NAME: Northern Territory short-necked turtle, Victoria short-necked turtle.

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