The red-bellied short-necked turtle (''Emydura subglobosa''), also known commonly as the pink-bellied side-necked turtle and the Jardine River turtle, is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

turtle Turtles are an order of reptiles known as Testudines, characterized by a special shell developed mainly from their ribs. Modern turtles are divided into two major groups, the Pleurodira (side necked turtles) and Cryptodira (hidden necked tu ...

in the

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Chelidae Chelidae is one of three living families of the turtle suborder Pleurodira, and are commonly called Austro-South American side-neck turtles. The family is distributed in Australia, New Guinea, parts of Indonesia, and throughout most of South Amer ...

. The species is native to

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and

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

. There are two recognized

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Description

''E. subglobosa'', a hard-shelled chelid, is more colorful than most of its relatives. Emydura subglobosa Description views

Geographic range

''E. subglobosa'' is found in northern

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, Australia, and in southern Papua New Guinea.IUCN Red List (2000).

Habitat

''E. subglobosa'' lives in freshwater rivers and swamps, and also in lagoons and lakes.

In captivity

The red-bellied short-necked turtle is popular as a pet. A 75-gallon or larger aquarium is used to house this species. In captivity, it feeds on fish, commercial turtle pellets, and plant matter. Due to

's ban of exporting wild-caught animals, all wild-caught individuals are from

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea). It is a simplified version of ...

. In

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in the United States, ''E. globosa'' had been bred to supply the market.

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

and

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

had also bred the red-bellied short-necked turtle.

References

External links

* Asian Turtle Trade Working Group (2000)
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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 {{Taxonbar , from=Q1086983 Emydura Reptiles described in 1876 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Turtles of Australia