Species profile—Emydura macquarii macquarii (Murray turtle)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Chelidae (side-necked turtles) → Emydura macquarii macquarii (Murray turtle)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Chelidae (side-necked turtles)
- Scientific name
- Emydura macquarii macquarii (Gray, 1830)
- Common name
- Murray turtle
- WildNet taxon ID
- 43
- Synonym(s)
- Emydura australis
Emydura signata
Emydura macquarii signata
Emydura macquarii - Alternate name(s)
- Macquarie turtle
Brisbane short-necked turtle
Brisbane River turtle
Bellinger River emydura - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- Low
- Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Aquatic & Terrestrial
Other resources
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=43
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
