#1751 · 🦎 reptiles
Eastern Snake-necked Turtle
🇳🇱 Langnekslangenhalsschildpad ·Chelodina longicollis
🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Thomas Jaeger · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © deborod · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Nick Lambert · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 4. © Joel Poyitt · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Adelma Hills · CC BY-NC 4.0
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- 7. © Dr. Ryne D. Rutherford · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © reedwarbler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Nick Lambert · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 10. © John D Reynolds · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The eastern long-necked turtle ( Chelodina longicollis ) is an east Australian species of snake-necked turtle that inhabits a wide variety of water bodies and is an opportunistic feeder. It is a side-necked turtle (Pleurodire), meaning that it bends its head sideways into its shell rather than pulling it directly back.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 6,154 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by George Shaw in 1794 (232 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Eastern Snake-necked Turtle
- Nederlands
- Langnekslangenhalsschildpad
- scientific name
- Chelodina longicollis
- class
- Reptilia
- order
- Testudines
- family
- Chelidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 6,154
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1794 by George Shaw
relatives· Chelidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 39598, Wikidata Q221080, GBIF 2441962, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.