Australasian Pig-nose Turtle
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| Carettochelys insculpta Ramsay, 1886 |
The Australasian Pig-Nose Turtle also know as the Pitted-shelled Turtle is the single species in the genus Carettochelys and the family Carettochelyidae. It is only found in freshwater streams and rivers of the Northern Territory of Australia and of southern New Guinea. Its nose looks like that of a pig, hence the name "Pig-Nose Turtle"
