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  • Eastern Short-necked Turtle, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Richard Yank, all rights reserved

  • Eastern Short-necked Turtle, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Arthur Loukas, all rights reserved

  • Eastern Short-necked Turtle, 3 of 6
    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) Trevor Farrell, all rights reserved

  • Eastern Short-necked Turtle, 4 of 6
    Photo 4 of 6

    (c) Philwarb, all rights reserved

  • Eastern Short-necked Turtle, 5 of 6
    Photo 5 of 6

    no rights reserved

  • Eastern Short-necked Turtle, 6 of 6
    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) Steve Dew, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Eastern Short-necked Turtle

Emydura macquarii

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7,948 observations
Group
Reptiles
iNaturalist Wikipedia

About

The Murray River turtle (Emydura macquarii ) is a wide-ranging species that occurs throughout many of the rivers of the eastern half of Australia. It is found primarily in the Murray River Basin and all its major tributaries, along with a number of coastal rivers up the New South Wales Coast. It is also found in the coastal Queensland Rivers and the Cooper Creek Ecosystem, along with Fraser Island.

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