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Identifier: victorian929319751976luca (find matches)
Title: The Victorian naturalist
Year: 1884 (1880s)

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Arthur Henry Shakespeare Lucas  (1853–1936)  wikidata:Q2865141 s:en:Author:Arthur Henry Shakespeare Lucas
 
Alternative names
A.H.S.Lucas; Arthur Henry Shakespeare Luras; A. H. S. Lucas
Description British botanist and entomologist
Date of birth/death 7 May 1853 Edit this at Wikidata 10 June 1936 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Stratford-upon-Avon Edit this at Wikidata Albury Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q2865141
Francis George Allman Barnard  (1857–1932)  wikidata:Q3081456
 
Francis George Allman Barnard
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Birth name: Francis George Allman Barnard; Barnard; F. G. A. ‎Barnard; Francis Barnard
Description Australian-British naturalist, pharmacist, politician, editor and cricketer
Date of birth/death 1857 / 26 December 1857 Edit this at Wikidata 1932 / 2 June 1932 / 1 June 1932 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Melbourne Edit this at Wikidata Melbourne Edit this at Wikidata
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Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria

Subjects: Natural history Natural history
Publisher: (Melbourne) Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
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erences and similarities inmorphology occur in individuals of * Fisheries and Wildlife Division,Arthur Rylah Institute for EnvironmentalResearch. Victoria. March^ April 43 the same species at different stages oftheir growth and in different speciesof the same or related genus (Goode1968). The young of C. longicollishave small red or orange spots whichchange to bone colour at about threemonths of age. The adult C. longicollishas a shell length of up to 254 mmand is distinguished by its long neckand by the emission of an exception-ally strong odour, hence the commonnames snake-neck or stinker. This species is capable of Hfting its headhigh above the shell. The neck iscovered with black skin bearing finepointed tubercles, and from the rearthe two hindmost marginal shields onthe carapace form an inverted Vshape. The species C. expansa is the largestof the three, with its shell exceeding384 mm in length. It is distinguishedby its long neck covered with fine,olive-coloured wrinkled skin and
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Structures of Emydura macquari: (a) Tubercles on neck; (f) Plastron (underside of shell).Chelodina expansa: (b) Wrinkles on neck; (d) Plastron. Chelodina longicollis: (c) Tubercles on neck; (e) Plastron; (g) Rear view of shellshowing inverted V shape. 44 Vict. Nat. Vol. 93 when walking, adults never raise thetop of their head above the rim ofthe carapace; the bottom of the neckfrequently touches the ground (Goode1968). The hindmost marginal shieldsof the carapace project downward be-low the general hne. Because of itsbroad shell it is commonly known asthe broad-shelled tortoise. The species E. macquari, common-ly known as the Murray snake-neckedtortoise, is identified by its short neckand oval-shaped shell, the width ofthe front being almost equal to thatof the rear. Its shell length exceeds300 mm. Sex determination Most of the sex determiningfeatures do not appear until the tor-toise is mature. Emydura macquarimale is immediately recognizable bythe length and thickness of its tail.In

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