Historical Papers
Gray, J. E. 1844. Catalogue of the Tortoises, Crocodiles and Amphibaenians in the
Collection of the British Museum. London. Edward Newman. 80pp.
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Comment: This species was long thought to be some lost
Phrynops and it wasn't until Cann (1998) that it was reinstated as an Australian species
and allocated to the Namoi / Gwydar form. See Cann (1998) for more details.
page 41-42
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BELL'S PHRYNOPS. Phrynops Bellii.
Shell (young) very depressed, very obscurely keeled, brown middle of the hinder edge of vertebral
shield rather elevated, margin very much expanded, deeply serrated behind; beneath, yellow
brown-rayed and varied ; sternum narrow, rather broader in front, attenuated and deeply acutely lobed
behind; head brown, moderate, with two subtrigonal hard occipital shields, and small shields
on thc temples; chin 2-bearded; neck warty, yellow beneath, with a yellow streak on each side, from
the angle of the mouth and under the ear; claws elongate, acute, compressed.
Inhab. - ? . Mus. Bell. young specimen.
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Elseya belli - Holotype
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