Kura-kura (Turtles)
Pig-nosed Turtle
Carettochelys insculpta
- langka
- 5 km/h
- Terancam punah
The only freshwater turtle with flippers instead of feet. Its fleshy, nostril-heavy snout is genuinely pig-like.
- Populasi
- No precise global count; population declined more than 50% between 1981-2011 driven by egg/adult harvest, with illegal trafficking remaining severe (52,374 individuals seized in trade 2013-2020)
- Habitat
- Tropical freshwater and estuarine environments — rivers, billabongs, lagoons, lakes, ribbonweed beds, and thermal/hydrothermal springs with sandy nesting banks
- Fakta menarik
- The pig-nosed turtle is the sole living member of the family Carettochelyidae and, despite living entirely in fresh water, has true flipper-like limbs almost identical to those of marine sea turtles.
- Sebaran
- Restricted to northern Australia's Northern Territory (Daly, Victoria, and Alligator/East Alligator River drainages) and southern New Guinea (Fly, Strickland, Morehead, Lorentz/Digul river systems and Lake Jamur, spanning Indonesian Papua and Papua New Guinea)
- Makanan
- Omnivorous; hatchlings and juveniles eat aquatic invertebrates (insect larvae, snails, shrimp), while adults favor fruits, flowers (notably fig), and leaves from riverbank/riparian vegetation along with mollusks and insects
- Ukuran
- 0,7 m
- Masa hidup
- 25 tahun
