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Pseudemydura umbrina

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA REPTILIA TESTUDINES CHELIDAE

Scientific Name: Pseudemydura umbrina
Species Authority: Siebenrock, 1901
Common Name/s:
English – Short-necked Tortoise, Western Short-necked Turtle, Western Swamp Tortoise, Western Swamp Turtle
French – Pseudémydure de Perth, Tortue à col court
Spanish – Tortuga Serpentina Occidental
Synonym/s:
Emydura inspectata Glauert, 1954

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Critically Endangered A1c, B1+2c, C1+2b, D ver 2.3
Year Published: 1996
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group
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Contributor/s:
History:
1994 – Endangered (Groombridge 1994)
1990 – Endangered (IUCN 1990)
1988 – Endangered (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1986 – Endangered (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Native:
Australia
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: Terrestrial nest sites
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: It is listed on CITES Appendix I.
Citation: Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Pseudemydura umbrina. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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