Saw-shelled Turtle
Elseya latisternum

The Saw-shelled Turtle is found in coastal streams and rivers from Cape York Peninsula in Queensland to Northern New South Wales. They feed on fish. aquatic insects, frogs, tadpoles and are apparently one of the few natives species that can eat the introduced poisonous Cane Toad.

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Photographed at Thylogale
by David & Diane Armbrust