Family

Chelidae

15 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Testudines › › Chelidae

Eastern Snake-necked Turtle

Chelodina longicollis (Shaw, 1794)

Chelodina longicollis, the eastern long-necked turtle, is an Australian turtle that can tolerate unusually cold conditions for pleurodires.

Broad-shelled Turtle

Chelodina expansa Gray, 1857

Chelodina expansa, the broad-shelled river turtle, is the long-necked turtle with the world’s longest neck relative to body size, native to Australia.

Southwestern Snake-necked Turtle

Chelodina oblonga Gray, 1841

Chelodina oblonga, the oblong turtle, is a freshwater opportunistic carnivorous turtle found across a range of habitats including urban and agricultural areas.

Red-bellied Short-necked Turtle

Emydura subglobosa (Krefft, 1876)

Emydura subglobosa is a colorful hard-shelled aquatic Chelidae turtle found in Australia and southern New Guinea.

Eastern Short-necked Turtle

Emydura macquarii (Gray, 1830)

Emydura macquarii, the Macquarie River turtle, is an Australian almost entirely aquatic turtle with XY sex determination.

Eastern Saw-shelled Turtle

Myuchelys latisternum (Gray, 1867)

Myuchelys latisternum is a sexually dimorphic Australian freshwater turtle with shell marginal serrations, adapted to varied habitats.

Amazonian Mata Mata

Chelus fimbriata (Schneider, 1783)

Chelus fimbriata (mata mata) is a large sedentary aquatic turtle found across northern South America, with specialized camouflage anatomy.

Black Spine-necked Swamp Turtle

Acanthochelys spixii (Duméril & Bibron, 1835)

Acanthochelys spixii is a South American endemic chelid turtle found across parts of the Southern Cone.

Twist-neck Turtle

Platemys platycephala (Schneider, 1792)

Platemys platycephala is a medium-sized South American twist-necked side-necked turtle that lives in shallow forest waters.

Williams' Side-necked Turtle

Phrynops williamsi Rhodin & Mittermeier, 1983

Phrynops williamsi (Williams' toadhead turtle) is an endemic South American chelid turtle found in freshwater wetlands of southeastern Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina.

Hilaire’s Side-necked Turtle

Phrynops hilarii (Duméril & Bibron, 1835)

Phrynops hilarii is a South American freshwater turtle with a distinctive flattened oval dark carapace and striped head.

Geoffroy’s Side-necked Turtle

Phrynops geoffroanus (Schweigger, 1812)

Phrynops geoffroanus is a large South American side-necked turtle that lives in freshwater rivers.

Gibba Toad-headed Turtle

Mesoclemmys gibba (Schweigger, 1812)

Mesoclemmys gibba is a small side-necked toadhead turtle found across a wide area of South America.

Brazilian Snake-necked Turtle

Hydromedusa maximiliani (Mikan, 1825)

Hydromedusa maximiliani, the Brazilian snake-necked turtle, is a small oviparous turtle native to mountain streams of Atlantic rainforest in southeastern Brazil.