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Broad-shelled turtle

Chelodina expansa Gray, 1857

Status not recordedturtles and tortoises

The broad-shelled turtle (Chelodina expansa) is a species in the family Chelidae, order Testudines. Recorded adults weigh about 4.74 kg. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.

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Quick facts about the broad-shelled turtle

Weight
4.74 kgsrc for Weight
Length
up to 50 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Carnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
wetlandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
112 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
28src for Young per litter or clutch
Reproduction
Eggssrc for Reproduction
Lifestyle
Aquaticsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the broad-shelled turtle live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The broad-shelled turtle is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ReptileDB (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

Is the broad-shelled turtle endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the broad-shelled turtle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderTestudines
  5. familyChelidae
  6. genusChelodina
  7. SpeciesChelodina expansa Gray, 1857
Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • Broad-shelled snake-necked turtleEnglish
  • Giant snake-necked turtleEnglish
  • dlouhokrčka širokáCzech
  • Riesen-SchlangenhalsschildkröteGerman
  • óriás kígyónyakúteknősHungarian
  • コウヒロナガクビガメJapanese
  • Гигантская змеиношейная черепахаRussian
  • 寬甲長頸龜Chinese

Catalogue of LifeiNaturalistITISWikidataWoRMS

Relatives of the broad-shelled turtle

Other species in the same genus Chelodina.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the broad-shelled turtle?

An adult broad-shelled turtle weighs 4.74 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the broad-shelled turtle live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the broad-shelled turtle for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the broad-shelled turtle?

The broad-shelled turtle (Chelodina expansa) belongs to the family Chelidae in the order Testudines.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Broad-shelled turtle (Chelodina expansa). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/broad-shelled-turtle

MLA

“Broad-shelled turtle (Chelodina expansa).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/broad-shelled-turtle.

BibTeX
@misc{broad_shelled_turtle_2026,
  title = {Broad-shelled turtle (Chelodina expansa)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/broad-shelled-turtle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}