New Guinea Side Neck Turtle, Pleurodira, Chelidae, Photo

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Code Number:: ARTV01P11_11
Title:: New Guinea Side Neck Turtle, (Chelodina siebenrocki), Pleurodira, Chelidae; Range: New Guinea
The strange long neck of this species gives it the ability to catch fish while swimming or buried in the soft mud of coastal swamps. Unlike most turtles this one can not withdraw its head into its shell but instead must swing it to the side.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Chelidae
Genus: Chelodina
Species: Chelodina siebenrocki
Keywords:: New Guinea Side Neck Turtle, (Chelodina siebenrocki), Chelidae, Terrapin, Freshwater, Testudines, Animals, Reptiles, Reptilia, Herpetiles, invertebrates, ectothermic reptiles, Fauna, exoskeleton, chelonian, Tortuga, Anapsida, Reptilial
Image by:: Wernher Krutein

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Code Number:: ARTV01P11_11
Title:: New Guinea Side Neck Turtle, (Chelodina siebenrocki), Pleurodira, Chelidae; Range: New Guinea
The strange long neck of this species gives it the ability to catch fish while swimming or buried in the soft mud of coastal swamps. Unlike most turtles this one can not withdraw its head into its shell but instead must swing it to the side.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Chelidae
Genus: Chelodina
Species: Chelodina siebenrocki
Keywords:: New Guinea Side Neck Turtle, (Chelodina siebenrocki), Chelidae, Terrapin, Freshwater, Testudines, Animals, Reptiles, Reptilia, Herpetiles, invertebrates, ectothermic reptiles, Fauna, exoskeleton, chelonian, Tortuga, Anapsida, Reptilial
Image by:: Wernher Krutein
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