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Turtle Shell

Found this shell belonging to Chelodina longicollis, known variously as the Snake-necked Turtle, Eastern Snake-necked Turtle or Common Snake-necked Turtle.

 

Location was a coastal lake that is closed to the sea most of the time. It's been more than 15 years since it was open briefly to the ocean (only for a couple of days) and that was the first time it's mouth was breached in around 25 years.

 

 

 

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Uploaded on November 24, 2011
Taken on November 15, 2011