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Species profile—Chelodina expansa (broad-shelled river turtle)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Chelidae (side-necked turtles) → Chelodina expansa (broad-shelled river turtle)

Photo of Chelodina expansa (broad-shelled river turtle) - Queensland Government,1977
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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Reptilia (reptiles)
Family
Chelidae (side-necked turtles)
Scientific name
Chelodina expansa (Gray, 1857)
Common name
broad-shelled river turtle
Type reference
Gray, J.E. 1857. Description of a new species of Chelodina from Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1856: 369-371.
WildNet taxon ID
62
Synonym(s)
Macrochelodina expansa
Chelodina oblonga expansa
Alternate name(s)
broad-shelled turtle
broad-shelled snake-necked 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

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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=62.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
20 May 2024