Noted for their slow movement and longevity; though this possibly doesn't apply to all members of the family Testudinidae. Australia's are turtles in the main. We have pig-nosed turtles, freshwater turtles, sliders (the red-eared slider), sea turtles and leatherback turtles.
Freshwater Turtles
- Sandstone long-necked turtle
 - Cann's long-necked turtle
 - Broad-shelled turtle
 - Kuchling's long-necked turtle
 - Eastern long-necked turtle
 - New Guinea long-necked turtle
 - Oblong turtle
 - Northern long-necked turtle
 - Flat-shelled turtle
 - Southern snapping turtle
 - Northern snapping turtle
 - Irwin's turtle
 - Jukes' turtle (Alligator Rivers snapping turtle)
 - Gulf snapping turtle
 - Stirling's turtle
 - Mary River turtle
 - North-west red-faced turtle
 - Murray River turtle
 - Painted turtle
 - Northern yellow-faced turtle
 - Northern red-faced turtle
 - Western swamp turtle
 - Fitzroy River turtle
 - Bell's turtle
 - Georges' turtle
 - Saw-shelled turtle
 - Purvis' turtle 
 
Sea Turtles
- Loggerhead turtle
 - Green turtle
 - Hawksbill turtle
 - Pacific ridley turtle (Olive ridley turtle)
 - Flatback turtle 
 
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