Species profile—Wollumbinia belli (Bell's turtle)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Chelidae (side-necked turtles) → Wollumbinia belli (Bell's turtle)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Chelidae (side-necked turtles)
- Scientific name
- Wollumbinia belli (Gray, 1844)
- Common name
- Bell's turtle
- Type reference
- Gray, J.E. (1844). Catalogue of the Tortoises, Crocodiles and Amphibeanians in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Edward Newman, 80 pp.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 22659
- Synonym(s)
- Elseya sp. aff. latisternum (Gwydir)
Myuchelys bellii
Elseya belli
Elseya bellii - Alternate name(s)
- Bald Rock Creek turtle
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Vulnerable
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Vulnerable
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- High
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Confidential
- Yes
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Aquatic & Terrestrial
Other resources
Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT) Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=22659
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
