Side-necked Turtle
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
name for the long-necked turtle of the families Chelidae and Pelomedusidae, found only in the Southern Hemisphere.
African Side-necked Turtles
East African Serrated Mud Turtle
Family: PelomedusidaeSerrated Mud Turtle Pelusios sinuatusPhoto © Animal-World: Courtesy Russ Gurley
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Red-Bellied Side-Necked Turtle Species Profile
The red-bellied side-necked turtle readily accepts fish, worms and tadpoles. Although very aquatic, this turtle will bask if given the opportunity.
Side-necked turtles like this one are found only in the southern hemisphere.
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This turtle is a side-necked turtle, as are all turtle species of New Guinea and Australia. They pull their necks in sideways, in contrast to North American turtles, which pull the head straight back into the shell.
Galianemys, a new side-necked turtle (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the late Cretaceous of Morocco. American Museum Novitates 3379:1-20.
Gauthier, J. 1986. Saurischian monophyly and the origin of birds.
This turtle occurs in freshwater areas and, like most other side-necked turtles, it is highly aquatic - rarely venturing onto land except to lay eggs, and preferring to bask on logs, rocks or banks surrounded by water (8).
The Australian snake-necked turtle is one of many side-necked turtles that fold their long necks sideways into their shells rather than retracting them.
Yellow-spotted Amazon river turtles are considered side-necked turtles, based on the fact that they cannot pull their heads into their shells, rather craning them to the side to protect themselves in the event of attack from predators.
The Pleurodira are sometimes known as the side-necked turtles, a reference to the way they withdraw their heads into their shells. This smaller group consists primarily of various freshwater turtles.
Other turtles can't pull their legs or heads into their shells. Some of these have long necks and protect their heads by tucking them sideways up against the shell. They are known as "side-necked turtles." ...
 See also: Turtle, Reptile, Shell, Tortoise, Snake
  
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