turtle

[Christopher51383]

hey

i know this is not the name for them but what is a penny turtle and waht is there real name i was told that the name was wrong so what is it????

 

[Kitah]

I think turtles commonly sold as "penny turtles" are actually murray river shortnecks or sometimes kreffts shortnecks. Adult female murrays can reach a carapace (shell) length of about 30cm, so definately not a "penny" turtle.

 

[Christopher51383]

so what are the turtles that do not change in size then

 

[Kitah]

No turtle species will stay that small. I think one of the smaller species in australia is Chelodina longicollis (commonly called the eastern snake neck) which has a carapace length of 20-30cm in length.

No turtle species in the world, that I know of, will hatch at the size it will remain for its entire life.

 

[mckellar007]

there arent any, all aussie turtles grown to atleast 25cms carapace length. penny turtles are just hatchlings.

 

[Christopher51383]

ok thanks i was just wondering

 

[eddy9898]

They are normally Mary River turtles. PEnny turtles that is.