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<paragraph id="8B9F369CA81BFFEAFF01FAEDFE49FA97" blockId="3.[151,1437,1332,1538]" box="[151,482,1332,1354]" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">North Australian Snapping Turtle</paragraph>
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1863
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<emphasis id="B954EA8EA81BFFEAFF58FA8BFED4FAB5" box="[206,383,1362,1384]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">Chelymys dentata</emphasis>
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:98
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<bibRefCitation id="EFB14B6DA81BFFEAFF01FAA8FF62FA5A" author="Gray" box="[151,201,1393,1415]" pageId="3" pageNumber="62" refString="Gray, J. E. (1864) On the genera of Chelydidae and the characters furnished by the study of their skulls. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1864, 128 - 135." type="proceedings paper" year="1864">1864</bibRefCitation>
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<emphasis id="B954EA8EA81BFFEAFF58FAA8FEC6FA5A" box="[206,365,1393,1415]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">Chelymys elseyi</emphasis>
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,
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following
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.
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1867
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<emphasis id="B954EA8EA81BFFEAFF58FA56FECBFA78" box="[206,352,1423,1445]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">Elseya dentata</emphasis>
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. First use of combination.
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1870
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<emphasis id="B954EA8EA81BFFEAFF58FA77FED9FA19" box="[206,370,1454,1476]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">Chelymys elseya</emphasis>
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,
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following
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.
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1872
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<emphasis id="B954EA8EA81BFFEAFF58FA14FE2CFA3E" box="[206,391,1485,1507]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">Elseya intermedia</emphasis>
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:23
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,
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, BMNH 1947.3.4.14, from upper part of Victoria River, NT,
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. Synonymy follows that of
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data: Lectotype—BMNH 1947.3.6.2 from Beagles Valley, Victoria River, Northern Territory (this study) (15˚ 34' S, 130˚ 54' E). Paralectotype—BMNH 1947.3.6.3 from Beagles Valley, Victoria River, Northern Territory (15˚34'S, 130˚54'E).
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—Large short-necked chelid turtle. Juveniles have moderately spinose shells, reducing in prominence with age; many large adults with entire margin to the shell. Dark streaks or mottling of the otherwise cream plastron; carapace dark brown, almost black. Head shield entire, not as extensive or as fenestrated as the head shields of members of
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subgenus
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. The alveolar ridge is moderate and does not increase the width of the triturating surface of the upper jaw in adults. Can be distinguished from all members of subgenus
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<emphasis id="B954EA8EA81BFFEAFBF3F8F3FB50F89F" box="[1125,1275,1834,1858]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="62">Pelocomastes</emphasis>
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by the medial constriction of the anterior bridge strut suture.
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—Rivers below the Arnhem Land and Kimberley escarpments from the Daly River of the Northern Territory in the east to the Fitzroy River of Western
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in the west. The eastern boundary of its distribution is uncertain, but it is not thought to be sympatric with
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sp.
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aff.
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(Sth Alligator)
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of the Arnhem Land region.
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