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Northern Snake-necked Turtle
Chelodina rugosa
IUCN Red List status: Near threatened
IUCN Red List status
- Worldwide
- 90 observations
- Group
- Reptiles
iNaturalist hides the exact location of threatened species, so a sighting can sit several kilometres from the point shown on its record.
About
The northern snake-necked turtle (Chelodina oblonga) is a species of turtle in the Chelidae family or Austro-South American Side-necked Turtles. The species was described in 1841 from material collected during an expedition across northern Australia. The type location was restricted to Port Essington in the Northern Territory of Australia. The species has in recent years had several species of turtle synonymised with it, the distribution includes northern Australia, Indonesia and Pitcairn. As a member of the...
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