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词条 pitted shell turtle
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pitted shell turtle
also called fly river turtle, New Guinea plateless turtle, or pig-nosed turtle
(species Carettochelys insculpta), any member of a single species in the turtle family Carettochelyidae. The species lives in rivers in southern New Guinea and in a limited region in northern Australia. A combination of characteristics separates C. insculpta from other turtles, including a piglike nose, a shell with no scutes, and flipperlike forelimbs. It is a large turtle reaching carapace lengths of 55 cm (22 inches).
It is an omnivorous species that feeds heavily on nuts and fruits when they fall into the water, but it also preys on aquatic invertebrates and vertebrates. Toward the end of the dry season, when falling rivers expose sandbars for nesting, females deposit clutches of 15 to 30 eggs.
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