PIG NOSE TURTLE
- animalsinfofitcpfk
- Dec 22, 2020
- 1 min read
Updated: Apr 14, 2021
Common Name: Pig Nose Turtle
Scientific Name: Carettochelys insculpta
Class: Reptiles
Diet: Omnivore
Size: Fully grown turtles may grow to 60cm - 70cm and weight of 20kg - 30kg.
Average Lifespan: 25 - 40 years
Origin: Northern Australia, Southern New Guinea
Conservation Status: Vulnerable
Physical Description
Pig nose turtles are in olive green to gray in colour, both carapace and skin. However, their plastral are in white, cream to yellow.
Their shell are leathery, unlike other turtles with hard shell.
They have long fleshy snout, this is where they get their name as 'pig nose turtle'.
The males have larger tails compare to the females.
Different from other freshwater turtles, the Pig Nose Turtles have flipper, flat paddle-liked limb instead of claws limb.
Did You Know?
They also known as 'Pitted-shelled Turtle' and 'Fly River Turtle'.
These turtle are the sole surviving member among the carettochelyid, which reaching back to around 140 million years, which is 70 million years before dinosaurs totally disappear in this world.
Comments