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Common Name(Internal Links) |
Scientific Name
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Distribution(Distribution key and map at bottom of page) |
Cann's Long-necked Turtle |
Chelodina canni (was C. novaeguineae canni and C. rankini)
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NT, Qld |
Broad-Shelled River Turtle |
Chelodina
expansa
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NSW, Qld, SA, Vic |
Eastern Snake-necked Turtle or Common Long-necked Tortoise |
Chelodina longicollis
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NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic
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Snake-necked Turtle
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*Chelodina rugosa intergularis
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NT,Qld?,WA? (Distribution to be confirmed) |
Siebenrock’s Snake-necked Turtle SUBSPECIES
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Chelodina rugosa siebenrocki
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Papua New Guinea and the Torres Strait Islands Qld?, (Distribution to be confirmed) |
*Southern Snapping Turtle or White-throated Snapping Turtle |
Elseya albagula
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Qld |
Northern Snapping Turtle |
Elseya dentata (=jukesi) |
NT, Qld, WA |
Irwin's Turtle |
Elseya irwini (=stirlingi) |
Qld |
*Gulf Snapping Turtle (Probably Extinct) (Status uncertain) |
Elseya lavarackorum is only known from fossils - live specimens previously known by this name are now called Elseya oneiros (Status uncertain) |
Gulf of Carpentaria NT, Qld |
Mary River Turtle |
Elusor macrurus |
Qld |
*Gulf Snapping Turtle
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Elseya oneiros was previously known as Elseya lavarackorum which is only known from fossils (Status uncertain) |
Gulf of Carpentaria NT, Qld |
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Cooper Creek Turtle
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(Proposed new name Emydura emmotti) (Status Uncertain) |
SA, Qld (Lake Eyre Basin) |
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Krefft's River Turtle
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Emydura macquarii krefftii
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(Central coastal Qld) |
*
Brisbane Short-necked Turtle or Brisbane River Turtle
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Emydura macquarii signata
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Qld (SE Qld ), NE NSW? |
*
Krefft's River Turtle
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Emydura macquarii krefftii
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(NE Qld) |
*
Fraser Island Short-neck Turtle
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Emydura macquarii nigra
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Qld (Fraser Island) |
*Jardine River Short-necked Turtle |
Emydura subglobosa angkibaanya |
Cape York Peninsula, Qld |
*Red-bellied Short-necked Turtle |
Emydura subglobosa subglobosa |
South Papua New Guinea |
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 |
Fitzroy River Turtle |
Rheodytes leukops |
Qld |
*Saw-Shelled Turtle |
Wollumbinia (was Myuchelys)
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NSW, NT, Qld |
Common Name(Internal Links) |
Scientific Name
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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) |
Common Name(Internal Links) |
Scientific Name
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Distribution(Distribution key and map at bottom of page) |
Leathery or Luth Turtle |
Dermochelys coriacea |
(All States) |
Common Name(Internal Links) |
Scientific Name
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Distribution(Distribution key and map at bottom of page) |
* Red-eared Slider - INTRODUCED |
Trachemys scripta elegans |
ACT?, NSW, Qld (From USA, introduced into many countries) |
CI = Christmas Island |
CKI = Cocos (Keeling) Island |
NSW = New South Wales |
NT = Northern Territory |
Qld = Queensland
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SA = South Australia |
Tas = Tasmania |
Vic = Victoria |
WA = Western Australia |
NI = Norfolk Island |
LHI = Lord Howe Island |
ACT = Australian Capital Territory
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