Animalia > Chordata > Testudines > Chelidae > Myuchelys > Myuchelys bellii

Myuchelys bellii (Serrated snapping turtle; Northern Australian Snapping Turtle)

Synonyms: Elseya belli; Phrynops bellii; Wollumbinia bellii; Wollumbinia bellii dorriani

Wikipedia Abstract

The Namoi River snapping turtle (Myuchelys bellii), also commonly known as Bell's turtle, Namoi River elseya, or Bell's saw-shelled turtle, is a species of turtle in the Chelidae family. It is endemic to New South Wales, Australia.
View Wikipedia Record: Myuchelys bellii

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Myuchelys bellii

Attributes

Gestation [1]  69 days
Litter Size [1]  16
Maximum Longevity [2]  27 years

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Kakadu National Park II 4744348 Northern Territory, Australia
Shoalwater and Corio Bays Area Ramsar Site   Queensland, Australia

Consumers

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0