Red-bellied short-necked turtle
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.
Red-bellied short-necked turtle | |
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Red-bellied short-necked turtle at Cologne Zoo | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Pleurodira |
Family: | Chelidae |
Genus: | Emydura |
Species: | E. subglobosa |
Binomial name | |
Emydura subglobosa | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Emydura subglobosa subglobosa
Emydura subglobosa worrelli
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Description
Turtle with hard shell, pleurodira,

Geographic range
E. subglobosa is found in 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.
References
- Krefft, Gerard. 1876. Notes on Australian animals in New Guinea with description of a new species of fresh water tortoise belonging to the genus Euchelymys (Gray). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria [Series 1] 8: 390–394. (Euchelymys subglobosa, new species).
- Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk , P.P., Iverson, J.B., Shaffer, H.B., Bour, R., and Rhodin, A.G.J.]. 2012. Turtles of the World, 2012 update: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5, pp. 000.243–000.328, doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v5.2012, .
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External links
- 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