Red-bellied short-necked turtle

Red-bellied short-necked turtle
Red-bellied short-necked turtle at Cologne Zoo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Chelidae
Genus: Emydura
Species:
E. subglobosa
Binomial name
Emydura subglobosa
(Krefft, 1876)[1]
Synonyms[2][3]

Emydura subglobosa subglobosa

Emydura subglobosa worrelli

  • Tropicochelymys worrelli
    Wells & Wellington, 1985
  • Tropicochelymys leichhardti
    Wells & Wellington, 1985
    (nomen nudum)
  • Emydura worrelli
    — Cogger, 2000
  • Emydura subglobosa worrelli
    — Georges & M. Adams, 1996

The red-bellied short-necked turtle (Emydura subglobosa), also known commonly as the pink-bellied side-necked turtle and the Jardine River turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is native to Australia and New Guinea. There are two recognized subspecies.

Description

E. subglobosa, a hard-shelled aquatic turtle of the family Chelidae, is generally one of the more colorful members of the family.[4]

Emydura subglobosa, description views

Geographic range

E. subglobosa is found in northern Queensland, Australia, and in southern New Guinea.[3][5]

Habitat

E. subglobosa lives in freshwater rivers and swamps,[3] and also in lagoons and lakes.[4]

In captivity

The red-bellied short-necked turtle is popular as a pet. A 75-gallon or larger aquarium is used to house this species. In captivity, it feeds on fish, commercial turtle pellets, and plant matter.[citation needed]

Due to Australia's ban of exporting wild-caught animals, all wild-caught individuals are from New Guinea.[citation needed] In Florida in the United States, E. subglobosa had been bred to supply the market.[citation needed] Hong Kong and Taiwan had also bred the red-bellied short-necked turtle.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Krefft, Gerard (1876). "Notes on Australian animals in New Guinea with description of a new species of fresh water tortoise belonging to the genus Euchelymys (Gray)". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria [Series 1] 8: 390–394. (Euchelymys subglobosa, new species).
  2. ^ Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (van Dijk PP, Iverson JB, Shaffer HB, Bour R, Rhodin AGJ) (2012). "Turtles of the World, 2012 update: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status". Chelonian Research Monographs (5): 000.243–000.328, doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v5.2012, [1].
  3. ^ a b c Species Emydura subglobosa at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  4. ^ a b Cann, J. & Sadlier, R. 2017. Freshwater turtles of Australia. CSIRO Publishing 464 pp.
  5. ^ IUCN Red List (2000).
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