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Australasian Short-necked Turtles
Emydura
The Australian short-necked turtles, Emydura, are a genus of turtles in the family Chelidae. It was paraphyletic with Elseya. Consequently, it was split into two genera Myuchelys and Elseya by Thomson & Georges, 2009. They can grow quite large, 30 cm or more is not unusual and have a life span of around 20–30 years. They generally do not hibernate as their warmer climate lets them remain active all year round; they also spend more time in...
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species
Eastern Short-necked Turtle
speciesEmydura macquarii
Red-bellied Short-necked Turtle
speciesEmydura subglobosa
Northern Yellow-faced Turtle
speciesEmydura tanybaraga
Northern Red-faced Turtle
speciesEmydura australis
Emydura gunaleni
speciesEmydura gunaleni
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 39634.