Snake-necked Turtle
IUCN Red List: Near Threatened
Siebenrock’s Snake-necked Turtle occurs in New Guinea and north of Australia. The main threat is international live animal trade. Some local consumption in Papua New Guinea also exists.
Taxonomy in snake-necked turtles is still somewhat unclear and can be a subject of change.
Conservation
■ Listed as Near Threatened (NT) in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species since 2000.
Taxonomy
■ Phylum Chordata – chordates
■ Class Reptilia – reptiles
■ Order Testudines – turtles
■ Family Chelidae – Austro-South American side-neck turtles
■ Species Chelodina rugosa – Northern Snake-necked Turtle
■ Species Chelodina rugosa siebenrocki – Siebenrock’s Snake-necked Turtle
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