| Narrow-breasted snake-necked turtle | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | Chelidae |
| Subfamily: | Chelodininae |
| Genus: | Chelodina |
| Subgenus: | Macrodiremys |
| Species: | C. M. colliei |
| Binomial name | |
| Chelodina Macrodiremys colliei Gray, 1841 |
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The narrow-breasted snake-necked turtle (Macrodiremys colliei) or long necked tortoise (locally known as the Oblong Tortoise) is a species of turtle in the Chelidae family. It is endemic to the southwestern part of Western Australia.[1]
The species has been successfully bred in captivity in Cologne Zoological Garden.[1]
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