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TURTLES OF NORTHERN TERRITORY- SPECIES LIST

ORDER: Testudines

Northern long-necked Turtle (Chelodina rugosa rugosa )

FRESHWATER TURTLES OF NORTHERN TERRITORY
Family:Cheluidae
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COMMON NAME
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SCIENTIFIC NAME
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DISTRIBUTION

Sandstone Long-necked Turtle or Arnhem Land Long-Necked Turtle

Chelodina burrungandjii

NT (Arnhem Land)

Cann's Long-necked Turtle

Chelodina canni (was C. novaeguineae canni and C. rankini)
(Subgenus: Chelodina)

NT, Qld

Darwin Snake-necked Turtle

Chelodina kurrichalpongo

NT

* Northern Long-necked Turtle

* Chelodina rugosa rugosa (previously called C. oblonga for a while)
(Subgenus: Chelydera)

NT, Qld, WA:- Northern Australia (from the Cape York to the Kimberley District of WA

Kimberley Snake-necked Turtle 

Chelodina walloyarrina (Considered by some people to be a synonym of Chelodina burrungandjii)
(Subgenus: Chelydera)

NT, WA (distribution uncertain)

Yellow Bellied Snapping Turtle

Elseya flaviventralis

NT

*Gulf Snapping Turtle

Elseya lavarackorum

Gulf of Carpentaria NT, Qld

Worrell's Short-necked Turtle (or Diamond Head Turtle)

Emydura subglobosa worrelli

NT, Qld

Northern Yellow-faced Turtle

Emydura tanybaraga

NT, Qld

Northern Red-faced Turtle and North-West Red-faced Turtle

Emydura victoriae (includes turtles previously known as Emydura australis)

NT, WA

*Saw-Shelled Turtle

Myuchelys (was Wollumbinia)
latisternum (=dorsii)

NSW, NT, Qld

SEA TURTLES (Marine)
Family: Cheloniidae

Note that although Sea Turtles may stray into or spend time in cooler water, the females must return to warmer climates to lay their eggs.

Common Name

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Scientific Name
(Subgenus in parentheses)

(External Links)

Distribution

(Distribution key and map at bottom of page)

Loggerhead Turtle

Caretta caretta

(All States)

Green Turtle

Chelonia mydas japonica

(All States)

Pacific (or Olive) Ridley Turtle

Lepidochelys olivacea

(NT, Qld, NSW, WA, Vic, SA)

Leathery or Luth Turtle

Dermochelys coriacea

(All States)

Family: Dermochelyidae

Common Name

(Internal Links)

Scientific Name
(Subgenus in parentheses)

(External Links)

Distribution

(Distribution key and map at bottom of page)

Leathery or Luth Turtle

Dermochelys coriacea

(All States)


PIG NOSED TURTLES
Family:Carettochelydidae

Common Name

 

Scientific Name

Distribution
(Distribution key and map at bottom of page)

Pig Nosed or Pitted-Shelled Turtle

Carettochelys insculpta

NT, (New Guinea)

 

DISTRIBUTION KEY

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CKI = Cocos (Keeling) Island

NSW = New South Wales

Qld = Queensland

Tas = Tasmania

Vic = Victoria

ACT = Australian Capital Territory
(Canberra region only - excludes Jervis Bay Territory)

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