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Pig-nosed turtle

Amazing fact

Pig-nosed turtles use sensory receptors in their nose to locate prey.

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Pig-nosed turtle in its habitat (illustration)

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Pig-nosed turtles use sensory receptors in their nose to locate prey.

SourceUniversity of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Carettochelys insculpta

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THE REAL WORLD

The real Pig-nosed turtle

Scientific name
Carettochelys insculpta
Japanese name
スッポンモドキ
Group
Amphibians and reptiles
Class
Reptilia
Order
Testudines
Family
Carettochelyidae
Genus
Carettochelys
Facts about the real animal.

Where the name “Pig-nosed turtle” comes from

The English name means a turtle with a pig-like nose and refers to its nose shape.

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A turtle that lives on New Guinea and in northern Australia.

鳥羽水族館 — スッポンモドキ
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Its limbs have well-developed webbing.

鳥羽水族館 — スッポンモドキ
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It swims through the water as if it were flapping wings.

鳥羽水族館 — スッポンモドキ

How the Pig-nosed turtle lives

They spend most of their time in the water. Adults eat flowers, fruits and leaves found along riverbanks. In the dry season, they may gather in pools left as river levels fall. During the wet season, they are found in deep, murky water.

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Basic data

Range
New Guinea and northern Australia
鳥羽水族館

Where the Pig-nosed turtle has been recorded

World map with dots where the Pig-nosed turtle has been recorded
Each dot marks a place with observations or specimens shared on GBIF. Some records are of animals that strayed or were brought by people, so the dots are not always where the animal lives.

Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF

Where it livesAustraliaRivers and wetlands

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Names around the world

简体中文
猪鼻龟
繁體中文
豬鼻龜
Bahasa Indonesia
Labi-labi moncong babi

Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.

Sources and how we check

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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