#side necked turtle

[herpsandbirds]

Hilaire's Toadhead Turtle (Phrynops hilarii), family Chelidae, Uruguay

photographs by Adriana Machado

[daily-turtles]

Today’s turtle is the Oblong Turtle!

[typhlonectes]

San Diego Zoo:

When keepers discovered a clutch of mystery eggs in Reptile Mesa, they weren't sure which species they belonged to—until a tiny Oreo-cookie-sized Australian Parker's snake-necked turtle emerged. Mystery solved!

[herpsandbirds]

Roti Island Snake-necked Turtle (Chelodina mccordi), family Chelidae, found on Rote Island and East Timor in the Indonesian archipelago

CRITICALLY ENDANGERED.

photograph by H. Zell

[herpsandbirds]

Dahl’s Toad-Headed Turtles (Mesoclemmys dahli), family Chelidae, endemic to northern Colombia

CRITICALLY ENDANGERED.

Endangered due to habitat degradation and fragmentation.

photographs: Yeiner Vega (juveniles) and Luis Rojas

[herpsandbirds]

Irwin's Snapping Turtle (Elseya irwini), family Chelidae, endemic to the Burdekin River in QLD, Australia

Discovered in 1990 by Bob and Steve Irwin, yes THAT Steve Irwin. The turtle is named for him.

Like other Australian side-necked turtles, this species is capable of cloacal respiration (they use small sacs in their cloacal lining like a gill).

photographs by Zoological Association of America & Jeff Tan

[herpsandbirds]

Eastern Saw-shelled Turtle (Myuchelys latisternum), family Chelidae, found in NE Australia

photograph by Brother-Nature