Red-bellied short-necked turtle

Red-bellied short-necked turtle
	Red-bellied short-necked turtle at Cologne Zoo
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Pleurodira
Family:	Chelidae
Genus:	Emydura
Species:	E. subglobosa
Binomial name
	Emydura subglobosa; (Krefft, 1876)
Synonyms
	Emydura subglobosa subglobosa Euchelymys subglobosa Krefft, 1876; Emydura albertisii Boulenger, 1888; Tropicochelymys goodei Wells & Wellington, 1985 (nomen nudum); Emydura subglobosa worrelli Tropicochelymys worrelli Wells & Wellington, 1985;

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.

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.

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, [1].

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

[krefft1876-1] 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).

[ttwg-2] 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, [1].

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