THE REPTILES OF AUSTRALIA - TURTLES

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COLUBRID SNAKES - Colubridae Homalopsidae Mud Snakes

PYTHON SNAKES - Pythonidae

ELAPID SNAKES - Elapidae Cobras Coral Snakes

SEA SNAKES - Hydrophiinae Laticaudidae Sea Kraits

FILE SNAKES - Acrochordidae

BLIND SNAKES - Worm Snakes - Typhlopidae Ramphotyphlops

Selection of Australian Frogs

TURTLES Tortoises Chelonii Testudines

DRAGON LIZARDS Agamas Agamidae

GECKO LIZARDS Gekkonidae

LEGLESS LIZARDS Pygopodidae Pygopods

MONITOR LIZARDS Goannas Varanids Varanidae

Skinks of Australia

CROCODILES Crocodylia Crocodilia Saltwater freshwater estuarine

REPTILES OF THE WORLD SPECIES LISTS


NORTHERN SNAKE-NECKED TURTLE
Northern Long -necked Turtle

Chelodina rugosa

(Previously known as Chelodina oblonga for a while)


Northern long-necked Turtle (Chelodina rugosa) from Fogg Dam, near Darwin, NT.

Approximate distribution of the Northern long-necked Turtle (Chelodina rugosa)


Northern long-necked Turtle (Chelodina rugosa) from Fogg Dam, near Darwin, NT.
Northern long-necked Turtle (Chelodina rugosa) from Fogg Dam, near Darwin, NT.



Northern long-necked Turtle (Chelodina rugosa) from Fogg Dam, near Darwin, NT


Northern long-necked Turtle Chelodina oblonga oblonga
Captive Northern long-necked Turtle (Chelodina rugosa )

Northern long-necked Turtle Chelodina oblonga oblonga
Captive Northern long-necked Turtle (Chelodina rugosa)

To see the page for the Oblong Turtle (Chelodina oblonga) from South Western Australia (previously known as Chelodina colliei for a while) PLEASE CLICK HERE




LINKS OF INTEREST

Chelodina rugosa OGILBY, 1889
The Reptile Database

Northern Snake-necked Turtle
Wikipedia

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TURTLES Tortoises Chelonii Testudines

Turtles
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AUSTRALIAN TURTLE SPECIES LISTS BY STATE OR TERRITORY

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AUSTRALIAN REPTILE SPECIES LISTS BY STATE OR TERRITORY

Reptiles of South Australia
REPTILES OF VICTORIA
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Reptiles of Lord Howe Island

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Reptiles of Norfolk Island

Reptiles of Australia

Selection of Australian Frogs

Reptiles of the World

Amphibians of the World

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Frogs
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