Chelodina longicollis
1 Eastern Long-necked Turtle at Parkes, ACT
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| Chelodina longicollis | wombey | 6 Nov 2020 | |
| Chelodina longicollis | JonSteinbeck | 6 Nov 2020 |
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Riding into work in the morning I saw this turtle on the pavement on the north side of the central basin. As you can see, the lake side was the built-up, so it had not come from there. The landward side was in the area with the raised garden beds so it could not climb up there. I am not sure where it was going but its head was already retracted when I came across it. I wondered if the overcast skies could have confused it and it had come ashore to lay eggs? I did not take many photos as I figured that it was already distressed.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.137344-35.290778
- Altitude 561.8m
- Maps Commonwealth & Kings Parks Mount Ainslie to Black Mountain
- Places Parkes, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 5 Nov 2020 08:08 AM Recorded on
- JonSteinbeck Recorded by
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Species information
- Chelodina longicollis Scientific name
- Eastern Long-necked Turtle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 899m Recorded at altitude
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5 / 7
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