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Pseudemydura umbrina (Western Swamp Turtle)

Synonyms: Emydura inspectata

Wikipedia Abstract

The western swamp turtle (Pseudemydura umbrina), also known as the western swamp tortoise, is a short-necked freshwater turtle that is the sister taxon to all other members of the subfamily Chelodininae.
View Wikipedia Record: Pseudemydura umbrina

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Pseudemydura umbrina

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  324 grams
Female Weight [1]  324 grams
Gestation [1]  6 months
Litter Size [2]  4

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Swan Coastal Plain Scrub and Woodlands Australia Australasia Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Bullsbrook Australia

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Southwest Australia Australia Yes

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Turtles and Tortoises Demographic Traits Database for CITES Listed Species ver. 01, Species360 (2018)
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
AZE sites provided by Alliance for Zero Extinction (2010). 2010 AZE Update.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0