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Irwin's turtle (Elseya irwini), is a species of Australian turtle. The female of the species has a pale head with a yellowish horny sheath on the crown. It was named after its 'co-discoverer', famed zoologist and TV personality, Steve Irwin. Steve Irwin's father Bob Irwin, first caught the animal on a fishing line during a family camp trip in 1997. They never had seen it before. Steve Irwin took pictures and sent them to turtle-expert John Cann who verified that it was indeed a new species. This species of turtle, like some other turtles, can breathe underwater by taking water into its cloaca. A chamber with gill-like structures situated in the cloaca extracts oxygen; this enables the turtle to stay underwater for long periods without taking a breath.

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  • Irwin's turtle
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  • Irwin's turtle (Elseya irwini), is a species of Australian turtle. The female of the species has a pale head with a yellowish horny sheath on the crown. It was named after its 'co-discoverer', famed zoologist and TV personality, Steve Irwin. Steve Irwin's father Bob Irwin, first caught the animal on a fishing line during a family camp trip in 1997. They never had seen it before. Steve Irwin took pictures and sent them to turtle-expert John Cann who verified that it was indeed a new species. This species of turtle, like some other turtles, can breathe underwater by taking water into its cloaca. A chamber with gill-like structures situated in the cloaca extracts oxygen; this enables the turtle to stay underwater for long periods without taking a breath.
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  • Elseya irwini
distrib
  • Queensland, Australia
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Status
  • Not evaluated
Kingdom
  • Animalia
Habitat
  • Freshwater
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Weight
  • 3(xsd:integer)
Species
  • E. irwini
iucn
  • IUCN 3.1
Title
  • Irwin's turtle
Genus
  • Elseya
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Suborder
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Family
Order
lspan
  • Unknown
Diet
  • Omnivore
Phylum
  • Chordata
Size
  • Unknown
abstract
  • Irwin's turtle (Elseya irwini), is a species of Australian turtle. The female of the species has a pale head with a yellowish horny sheath on the crown. It was named after its 'co-discoverer', famed zoologist and TV personality, Steve Irwin. Steve Irwin's father Bob Irwin, first caught the animal on a fishing line during a family camp trip in 1997. They never had seen it before. Steve Irwin took pictures and sent them to turtle-expert John Cann who verified that it was indeed a new species. This species of turtle, like some other turtles, can breathe underwater by taking water into its cloaca. A chamber with gill-like structures situated in the cloaca extracts oxygen; this enables the turtle to stay underwater for long periods without taking a breath.
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