Species profile—Emydura macquarii signata (Brisbane short-necked turtle)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Chelidae (side-necked turtles) → Emydura macquarii signata (Brisbane short-necked turtle)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Chelidae (side-necked turtles)
- Scientific name
- Emydura macquarii signata Ahl, 1932
- Common name
- Brisbane short-necked turtle
- WildNet taxon ID
- 44
- Superseded by
- Emydura macquarii macquarii (Murray turtle)
- Synonym(s)
- Emydura signata
- Alternate name(s)
- Bellinger River emydura
Brisbane River turtle - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Aquatic & Terrestrial
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=44.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
