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Saw-shelled Turtle photographed in captivity at Walkabout Creek, Brisbane Forest Park.
Image by ozwildlife - Some rights reserved.
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REPTILE FACTS |
Description
The White-throated snapping turtle is a large freshwater turtle endemic to Queensland. The carapace is dark brown to almost black. The head is dark brown or greyish brown above and, females usually have cream or white throat.
Other Names
Southern snapping turtle
Size
carapace grows to about 45 cm in length
Habitat
rivers with clear water. Nests on sandy or loamy soil on riverbanks
Food
mainly herbivorous, feeding on leaves, roots, stems, fruit and buds of riverside plants that fall into the water
Breeding
The female lays a clutch of about 14 eggs in a nest on the riverbank
Range
south eastern Queensland, in the Burnett, Mary and Fitzroy River systems
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: | Elseya | | Species: | albagula | | Common Name: | White-throated snapping turtle |
Relatives in same Genus
Saw-shelled Turtle (E. latisternum)
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