Roti Island snake-necked turtle
Amazing fact
The Roti Island snake-necked turtle ambushes prey and uses its long neck to seize it quickly.
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The Roti Island snake-necked turtle ambushes prey and uses its long neck to seize it quickly.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Roti Island snake-necked turtle
- Scientific name
- Chelodina mccordi
- Japanese name
- マコードナガクビガメ
- Group
- Amphibians and reptiles
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Testudines
- Family
- Chelidae
- Genus
- Chelodina
How the Roti Island snake-necked turtle lives
It is mainly active at night. During the wet season, it hunts in shallow freshwater. It usually lives alone. During the dry season, it moves into forest and becomes dormant under rocks.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebBasic data
- Range
- Roti Island, Indonesia
Where the Roti Island snake-necked turtle has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- マコードナガクビガメ
- 简体中文
- 麦氏长颈龟
- 繁體中文
- 麥氏長頸龜
- Português (Brasil)
- Tartaruga-de-pescoço-comprido-de-roti
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Kura-kura Leher Ular
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — マコードナガクビガメChecked: 2026-11-04
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Chelodina mccordiChecked: 2026-11-06
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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