Red-bellied short-necked turtle facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Red-bellied short-necked turtle |
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| Red-bellied short-necked turtle at Cologne Zoo | |
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Emydura
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subglobosa
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Emydura subglobosa subglobosa
Emydura subglobosa worrelli
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The red-bellied short-necked turtle (Emydura subglobosa), pink-bellied side-necked turtle, or Jardine River turtle is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae.
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Description
This hard-shelled chelid is more colorful than most of its relatives.
Geographic range
E. subglobosa is found in tropical Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Habitat
It lives in lagoons, or lakes.
In captivity
Red-bellied short-necked turtles are popular as pets. A 75-gallon or larger aquarium is used to house this species. In captivity, they feed on fish, commercial turtle pellets and plant matter.
Due to Australia's ban of exporting wild-caught animals, all wild-caught individuals are from New Guinea. In the United States, Florida had bred these turtles to supply the market. Hong Kong and Taiwan had also bred red-bellied short-necked turtles.
- Asian Turtle Trade Working Group 2000. Emydura subglobosa. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 29 July 2007.
- Werneburg I, Hugi J, Müller J, Sánchez-Villagra MR (2009). Embryogenesis and ossification of Emydura subglobosa (Testudines, Pleurodira, Chelidae) and patterns of turtle development. Developmental Dynamics 238 (11): 2770–2786. doi: 10.1002/dvdy.22104 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dvdy.22104/full
- Werneburg I (2011). The cranial musculature of turtles. Palaeontologia Electronia 14.2.15A: 99 pages. http://palaeo-electronica.org/2011_2/254/index.html
