SAW SHELLED TURTLE

Photographed at Eungella, Queensland, November 2017

59                    SAW-SHELLED TURTLE                     Myuchelys latisternum 

AUSTRALIAN TURTLES AND TORTOISES                5

Also known as Serrated Snapping Turtle, or Common Sawshell Turtle.Endemic to Australia. ranges along rivers and streams and connected swamps and lagoons. Coastal Cape York Peninsula to northern NSW.carnivorous, feeds on fish, tadpoles, frogs, aquatic insects and cane toads.