Narrow-breasted snake-necked turtle

Narrow-breasted snake-necked turtle
Narrow-breasted snake-necked turtle
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Chelidae
Subfamily: Chelodininae
Genus: Chelodina
Subgenus: Macrodiremys
Species: C. M. colliei
Binomial name
Chelodina Macrodiremys colliei
Gray, 1841

The narrow-breasted snake-necked turtle (Macrodiremys colliei) or long necked tortoise (locally known as the Oblong Tortoise) is a species of turtle in the Chelidae family. It is endemic to the southwestern part of Western Australia.[1]

The species has been successfully bred in captivity in Cologne Zoological Garden.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Macrodiremys oblonga (Gray, 1847), Narrow-Breasted Snake-Necked Turtle - maps, description, good photos

External links

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