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Thursday, April 04, 2024

Tortoise, well

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


 

Berko Wills at 2:02 pm
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