Chelodina AKA Uzun Kaplumbağa ve Doğu yılan boyunlu kaplumbağa boyunlu longicollis

Found this little chap stuck fast to our pump intake. he seemed fine, though I presume he would have drowned eventually.

You should have seen him getting away.

I've seen growth up to about 20cm shell length in our dams. They spend a lot of time floating with the head just above water

I've counted over a dozen in each of our dams during summer.

If you approach with discretion you can see them Basking poolside

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