🦎Pig-nosed turtle
The pig-nosed turtle, also known as the Fly River turtle, pitted-shelled turtle, and the Warrajan, is a species of turtle which is native to northern Australia and southern New Guinea. It is the only living member of the genus Carettochelys and family Carettochelyidae, a family which also contains many fossil species with their closest relatives being the softshell turtles.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2018.
- Body mass
- 16 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 38 years
Everything we know about the Pig-nosed turtle
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass16 kgrecord 30 kg · ReptTraitsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Record: largest individual on record
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Maximum lifespan38 yearsrecord 38 years · ReptTraitsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
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DietOmnivorousReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Foraging modeACTReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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VenomousNoReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Danger to humansharmlessSeaLifeBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Snout–vent length0.75 mmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l16 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Pig-nosed turtle yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classTestudines
- ›familyCarettochelyidae
- ›genusCarettochelys
- ›speciesCarettochelys insculpta
- orderTurtles & tortoises · Testudines
- superfamilyTrionychia
- familyCarettochelyidae
- genusCarettochelys
All 13 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- orderTurtles & tortoises · Testudines
- suborderCryptodira
- superfamilyTrionychia
- familyCarettochelyidae
- genusCarettochelys
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