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MURRAY RIVER TURTLE FACTS |
Description The Murray River Turtle is a freshwater turtle from eastern Australia. It is brown or greenish brown with pale stripe along side of neck. the shell is oval in shape. The turtle is capable of staying underwater for a long period of time
Other Names Murray Turtle, Macquarie River Turtle, Macquarie Turtle, Eastern short-necked turtle, Southern river turtle, Bellinger River Emydura
Size about 30cm
Habitat rivers, backwaters, permanent deep waterholes on floodplains
Food Plants, crustaceans, molluscs and other invertebrates.
Breeding The female lays a clutch of ten to fifteen eggs in a nest near the water.
Range found in many of the rivers of eastern Australia
Credits: Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
Class: | Reptilia | Order: | Testudines | Family: | Chelidae | Genus: | Emydura | Species: | macquarii | Common Name: | Murray River Turtle |
Relatives in same Genus Krefft's River Turtle (E. krefftii) Brisbane Short-necked Turtle (E. signata) Red-bellied Short-necked Turtle (E. subglobosa)
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