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side-necked turtlenounA freshwater turtle with a relatively long head and neck that is retracted sideways into the shell for defence.- Suborder Pleurodira: families Chelidae (South America and Australasia) and Pelomedusidae (South America and southern Africa), and several genera.
The carapace of this appealing side-necked turtle is a medium to charcoal gray color with no design....- This turtle is a side-necked turtle, as are all turtle species of New Guinea and Australia.
- The 70 or so species of side-necked turtles bend their necks sideways and tuck their heads in under the front edge of the upper shell.
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