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Common snake-necked turtle

Chelodina longicollis (Shaw, 1794)

Status not recordedturtles and tortoises

The common snake-necked turtle (Chelodina longicollis) is a species in the family Chelidae, order Testudines. Recorded adults weigh about 1.29 kg and live up to 37 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.

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Quick facts about the common snake-necked turtle

Weight
1.29 kgsrc for Weight
Length
up to 28.2 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
37 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
wetlandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
72.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
13.9src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
10 yearssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
2 – 3src for Litters or clutches a year
Reproduction
Eggssrc for Reproduction
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the common snake-necked 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 common snake-necked 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.

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the common snake-necked turtle as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Australia

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the common snake-necked 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 common snake-necked turtle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderTestudines
  5. familyChelidae
  6. genusChelodina
  7. SpeciesChelodina longicollis (Shaw, 1794)

Synonyms Chelodina novae-hollandiae, Chelodina sulcata, Chelodina sulcifera, Emys longicollis, Testudo longicollis

Other names and names in other languages (15)
  • Eastern long-necked turtleEnglish
  • Eastern snake-necked turtleEnglish
  • dlouhokrčka australskáCzech
  • Østlig SlangehalsskildpaddeDanish
  • Gewöhnliche SchlangenhalsschildkröteGerman
  • Glattrücken-SchlangenhalsschildkröteGerman
  • Tortuga con Cuello de Serpiente AustralianaSpanish
  • Tortue à long couFrench
  • kelet-ausztráliai kígyónyakúteknősHungarian
  • Testuggine lungocollo comuneItalian
  • オーストラリアナガクビガメJapanese
  • chelodyna australijskaPolish
  • Австралийская змеиношеяя черепахаRussian
  • Обыкновенная змеиношейная черепахаRussian
  • 東澳長頸龜Chinese

Catalogue of LifeiNaturalistITISTAXREFWikidataWoRMS

Relatives of the common snake-necked 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 common snake-necked turtle?

An adult common snake-necked turtle weighs 1.29 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the common snake-necked turtle live?

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

How long does the common snake-necked turtle live?

The common snake-necked turtle has a recorded lifespan of 37 years.

Is the common snake-necked turtle an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the common snake-necked turtle as introduced in 1 country: Australia, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the common snake-necked turtle?

The common snake-necked turtle (Chelodina longicollis) 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

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BibTeX
@misc{common_snake_necked_turtle_2026,
  title = {Common snake-necked turtle (Chelodina longicollis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/common-snake-necked-turtle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}