Emydura macquarii
3 Macquarie Turtle at Stromlo, ACT
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| Emydura macquarii | wombey | 22 Apr 2022 | |
| Chelodina longicollis | Darren308 | 14 Apr 2022 |
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A hatchling i snatched out of the Murrumbigee in the Bullen Range nr.
A hatchling i snatched out of the Murrumbidgee in the Bullen Range NR. It looks a bit different to me. Could it be a Maquarie?
3 comments
23 Apr 2022
Hey John, et al
This is probably offspring from a release?
C.longicollis is already under un natural pressure along the Murrumbidgee from foxes , pigs, Pacific Herons etc
Have a think if there are any managment implications for us. I suggest no direct control possible but some preventative awareness/educational type actions are possible. Today an Em tomorrow a Red eared Slider.......
Ill feed any recommendations up line too but please cc Darren.roso@act.gov.au
Thanks
This is probably offspring from a release?
C.longicollis is already under un natural pressure along the Murrumbidgee from foxes , pigs, Pacific Herons etc
Have a think if there are any managment implications for us. I suggest no direct control possible but some preventative awareness/educational type actions are possible. Today an Em tomorrow a Red eared Slider.......
Ill feed any recommendations up line too but please cc Darren.roso@act.gov.au
Thanks
23 Apr 2022
It seems an odd locality for this species. ANWC do have specimens from Lake Burrinjuck going back many years and I would not be surprised at releases clouding the issue. Good luck with this management problem!
Location information
- Coordinates 148.955874-35.333210
- Altitude 492.0m
- Maps Bullen Range
- Places Stromlo, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 14 Apr 2022 02:19 PM Recorded on
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Species information
- Emydura macquarii Scientific name
- Macquarie Turtle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 794m Recorded at altitude
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