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title: "Broad-shelled Turtle"
description: "Chelodina expansa — Gady. Chelodina (Chelydera) expansa, commonly known as the broad-shelled turtle, broad-shelled river turtle, or broad-shelled snake-necked turtle, is a pleurodiran freshwater turtle found in south-eastern and eastern Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/broad-shelled-turtle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Broad-shelled Turtle

> Chelodina expansa — Gady. Chelodina (Chelydera) expansa, commonly known as the broad-shelled turtle, broad-shelled river turtle, or broad-shelled snake-necked turtle, is a pleurodiran freshwater turtle found in south-eastern and eastern Australia.

- Scientific name: *Chelodina expansa*
- Category: `reptiles` (Gady)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 552
- Wikidata: [Q286099](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q286099)
- iNaturalist taxon: [39599](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/39599)

## Names

- en: Broad-shelled Turtle
- de: Riesen-Schlangenhalsschildkröte

## Countries with the most observations

AU (493)

## Summary

Chelodina (Chelydera) expansa, commonly known as the broad-shelled turtle, broad-shelled river turtle, or broad-shelled snake-necked turtle, is a pleurodiran freshwater turtle found in south-eastern and eastern Australia. It is the largest of the long-necked turtles.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelodina_expansa

## Photo

![Broad-shelled Turtle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/broad-shelled-turtle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Max Tibby · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328050181

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/broad-shelled-turtle?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).