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Topic Started: Apr 29 2016, 02:24 PM (20 Views)
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Chelids:

Mata mata turtles, Australian Snake-neck turtles and Australian Snapping turtles. Turtles that look like little jewels down under or a moving rock. They live in South America and Australia and dwell in swamps and rivers of these continents. South America so far only has one group of these animals while Australia holds the rest of these not-so-smart animals.

Genus: Astroophischelys.
Species: brasiliensis
Name means: Star snake turtle from brazil
Common Names: Amazonian Snake turtle

Stats:
Average size: 2 feet long
Average weight: 30 pounds
Notable features: A two small projections on the upper beak.
Location: Amazonian river basin

Description:
A small turtle with a red shell spotted with black and stripped with yellow. The neck makes up half of its length and is very flexible. Scales are dark grey. The upper beak has to small projections that come to a point.

Facts:
A fish hunter of the amazon rainforest's rivers and wetlands. Though turtles in general lack teeth, these posses two small projections that act as fangs. This helps the Turtle pierce the swim bladder of fish and feed without it trying to flee. It and it's subfamily resemble armored plesiosaurs with the largest being the Argentinian Snake turtle, Gigaophischelys .telmatos, at 5 ft long.


Genus: Phyllochelys
Species: erosus
Name means: jagged leaf turtle
Common Names: Nota trike

Stats:
Average size: 3 feet long
Average weight: 50 pounds
Notable features: three horns on the face.
Location: Australia's western rivers with a sub species in Tasmania

Description:
A turtle with a triangle shaped head, Looking from above, each corner is tipped with a horn. Skin is loose all over the body, breaking up the animal's outline. Shell has a blunt razor edge down the center and on the sides. Shell is dark green with small flecks of dark brown, body itself is black with a light green underside.

Facts:
A camouflage expert within the turtle world, these animals stay still in shallow water and wait for insects to land near the shore or for a small fish to swim by. They are not very smart though as one was witnessed snapping on the toe of a young Common Ork. The dinosaur started kicking it away in a effort to swing it off and after a hour of trying to bite at it and kick it, the dumb turtle was sent flying into the middle of the lake. This large individual was found and tagged later and was named dumbo.
Edited by The Dark Phoenix, Apr 29 2016, 02:25 PM.
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