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TORRESIAN (Hedley 1894)
TORRESIAN (Hedley 1894)
Available Names:
Papuan Hedley 1894: 445.
Additional synonomies:
Torresian Spencer 1896: 197.
Area Taxonomy:
TERRESTRIAL ZOOGEOGRAPHICAL AREAS
Sub-Realm:
AUSTRALIA Prichard 1826
Region:
TORRESIAN (Hedley 1894)
Diagnosis:
“Includes Papua and north and north-eastern Australia as far north as the Clarence River. On its north-western side it merges as might be expected to a certain extent into the western area” (Spencer 1896: 196–199).
Type-locality:
Mount Tibrogargan, Glasshouse Mountains National Park, Queensland, Australia, 26°55'37.31"S 152°56'50.44"E.
Hedley’s Papuan region, an older term, defines the same region as Spencer’s Torresian. The term Papuan has fallen out of usage in favour of Spencer’s more popular Torresian, which was widely used in the mid to late 20th century. We use Spencer’s junior term herein. Spencer’s diagnosis is vague about the western extent of the Torresian region. The southern limit (discussed above) is far narrower than the western margin in the northwest. This leads us to conclude that it follows the western edge of the Great Dividing Range, making the western margin of both the Bassian and Torresian consistent.
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