Long-necked snake-necked turtles

Long-necked snake-necked turtles have unique With a generally long neck, this kind of turtle is like a side-necked turtle. There is no way to retract the neck in the shell, it can only be turned sideways. The shape is very cute. There are many kinds of snake-necked turtles, and the long-bodied snake-necked turtle is not The rarest kind.

The long-bodied snake-necked turtle rests in small offshore rivers, wetlands or swamps. It is highly aquatic and can dive into the underwater mud. It is a completely aquatic turtle, even hibernating or mating is completed in the water. Only female turtles come ashore when they are laying eggs. If there is a drought and the river dries up, they will burrow into the soil and aestivate until the rainy season. Long-necked turtles have a gregarious personality. Eggs are laid in May every year, and each clutch can lay 7 to 24 eggs. They start to hatch at about 180 dawn, that is, from November to December.

Latin: Chelodina oblonga

English name: Narrow-breasted Snake-necked Turtle

Dispersed: Only scattered in an area 170 kilometers north of Perth, Australia; The nails are gray-black, often with brown or black freckles; the plastron is beige.

Growth method: Oviparous

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