Emydura macquarii

1 Macquarie Turtle at Lake Burley Griffin West

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Identification history

Emydura macquarii	24 Apr 2024	MichaelMulvaney
Chelodina longicollis	16 Apr 2024	CarbonAI
Unverified	16 Apr 2024	VanceLawrence

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Turtle shell found on the shores of Government House, Canberra. About 30cm long. Hoping the shell pattern may give us an identification.

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wombey wrote:

16 Apr 2024

While it is tempting to go with longicollis I have to point out the the scutes on the plastron are missing, exposing the bony plates. The entoplastron plate is forward, not surrounded by the epiplastrons. This does not seem to fit longicollis and probably not even Chlelodina. See Cogger 2014, page 224. We need and opinion from someone who is up on turtles, perhaps Aurthur Georges?

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Location information

Coordinates 149.080491 -35.302792
Altitude 572.0m
Maps Lake Burley Griffin West
Places Yarralumla, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
16 Apr 2024 12:25 PM Recorded on
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Reptiles and Frogs Turtles VanceLawrence Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

Deceased Animal health
Unknown Gender

Species information

Emydura macquarii Scientific name
Macquarie Turtle Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 794m Recorded at altitude
63 images trained Machine learning

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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

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Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

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