Details

New Guinea
N/A

White-bellied snapping turtle
Elseya branderhorsti


Head and neck: dark brown; dorsal of head is covered with large bony plate; flattened tubercles on face; jaws yellowish; chin pale yellow with two small barbels

Body
Carapace- uniform dark brown without spots; round to oval in shape; cervical scute absent; vertebral broader than long; 5th smallest; 2nd largest; posterior rim slightly serrated


Plastron- light yellowish brown; long and narrow; front rim rounded; anal scutes notched.

Limbs and tail: dark brown


More Than 1 Foot But Less Than 3 Feet
Black
Pet
Animalia
Reptile
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Chelidae
Non-Native