Pig-nosed Turtle

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Details

Name:
Pig-nosed Turtle

Scientific Name:
Carettochelys insculpta

Reference Number:
ZAY-363

Description

Order Testudines; Family Carettochelydidae (Pig-nosed Turtle); Scientific name: Carettochelys insculpta; Common name: Pig-nosed, or Pignose Turtle – Distribution in Australia: confined to large rivers and lagoons of the western half of Top End of the Northern Territory; Distribution outside Australia: large rivers and lagoons of Papua New Guinea.

Additional Details

Reference Number:	ZAY-363
Scientific Name:	Carettochelys insculpta