Snake-necked Turtle
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
see side-necked turtle.
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Side-necked Turtle - name for the long-necked turtle of the families Chelidae and Pelomedusidae, found only in the Southern Hemisphere.
Snake-necked turtles are good captives as long as their needs of a proper diet and a proper environment can be provided. They are not baskers.
Reimann's snake-necked turtle (Chelodina reimanni)
Roti Island snake-necked turtle (Chelodina mccordi)
Brazilian snake-necked turtle (Hydromedusa maximiliani)
Brazilian radiolated swamp turtle (Acanthochelys radiolata) ...
Australian snake-necked turtle
Chelodina longicollis
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.
Eastern Snake-necked Turtle
Eastern Snake-necked Turtle
Eastern Stargazer, Kathetostoma laeve (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Eastern Talma, Chelmonops truncatus (Osbeck, 1765)
Eastern Triangular Butterflyfish, Chaetodon baronessa ...
Common Snake-necked Turtle ( Chelodina longicollis )
Cuban Iguana ( Cyclura nubila )
Desert Iguana ( Dipsosaurus dorsalis )
Dice Snake ( Natrix tessellata )
European Green Lizard ( Lacerta viridis )
European Pond Terrapin ( Emys orbicularis ) ...
The family Chelidae is comprised of side or snake-necked turtles. In the case of the mata mata, the neck is longer than the backbone within the shell.
" The Roti Island snake-necked turtle Chelodina mccordi has been heavily exploited by the pet trade and is now virtually extinct in the wild.
The turtle is effectively 'boxed in', protecting it from predators.
The Roti Island snake-necked turtle was so intensively collected for the pet trade, it went from first being described to near-threatened in the space of just 5 years.
 See also: Reptile, Shell, Coral, Box Turtle, Lizard
  
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