🦎Pig-nosed turtle
Nyaguineasköldpadda (Carettochelys insculpta) är en sötvattenslevande sköldpadda som förekommer i norra Australien och på södra Nya Guinea. Den är den enda nu levande arten i familjen Carettochelyidae och den enda arten i underfamiljen Carettochelyinae och släktet Carettochelys. Två underarter finns beskrivna, C. i. insculpta (Ramsay, 1887) och C. i. canni (Wells, 2002). Det finns ingen liknande nu levande sötvattenssköldpadda. Den är den till vatten bäst anpassade sköldpaddan förutom havssköldpaddan. Den utmärker sig genom sin äggläggning; sköldpaddan är fullt utvecklad i ägget i ett ideliknande stadium tills regnperioden börjar. Då kläcks alla äggen i äggredet samtidigt, vilket ökar chansen för gemensam överlevnad.
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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 ↑
data quality: acceptable
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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