Macquarie Turtle at Greenway, ACT
Identification history
| Emydura macquarii | 2 Nov 2025 | wombey | ||
| Chelodina longicollis | 2 Nov 2025 | jks |
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User's notes
shell was thick with algae
3 comments
jks
wrote:
2 Nov 2025
Wow @wombey that’s wild! I had no idea ACT had more than one turtle species. Cool!
wombey
wrote:
2 Nov 2025
E. macquarii is now ooccasionally seen in the ACT. Not clear if it occurs naturally or they are from escapees or releases. In my day the nearest record was Burrenjuck Dam! There is also the possibility of the introduced Red-eared Slider, Trachydermes scripta occurring here although I have no records and it is not included in the latest field guide of the ACT by La Rance et al. 2025, but Wilson et al. includes the ACT in their 2025 field guide
Location information
- Coordinates 149.073167-35.418653
- Altitude 572.4m
- Maps Lake Tuggeranong
- Places Greenway, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 2 Nov 2025 10:30 AM Recorded on
- jks Recorded by
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Collections
jks NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Emydura macquarii Turtles Reptiles and Frogs
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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