Painted Turtle
Emydura subglobosa (Krefft, 1876)
Painted Turtle, Diamond Head Turtle
Type data: holotype, MCG C.E.2320, from Naiabui, on Amama River, SE Papua New Guinea.
Euchelymys subglobosa Krefft, G. (1876). Notes on Australian animals in New Guinea with description of a new species of fresh water tortoise belonging to the genus Euchelymys (Gray). Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova 1: 390-394 [390].
Emydura albertisii Boulenger, G.A. (1888). On the chelydoid chelonians of New Guinea. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova (2) 6: 449-452 [449]. Type data: syntyp[es, MCG C.E. 8430-1, from Mawatta, Binaturi River (as Katow), Papua New Guinea.
Emydura worrelli Wells, R.W. and Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the amphibia and reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplementary Series. 1:1-61. Type data: Holotype AM R53689 from Caranbiri waterhole, MacArthur River drainage. (reduced to subspecies, Georges et al., 2001, Iverson et al., 2001, Georges and Thomson, 2003).
Sub-species: Two subspecies are recognised:
Emydura subglobosa subglobosa nominate sub-species: holotype. MCG C.E.2320.
Emydura subglobosa worrelli holotype. AM R53689.