Chelodina expansa
| Broad-shelled long-necked turtle | |
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| Brisbane City Botanic Gardens | |
| Hunting fish at the Bronx Zoo | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | Chelidae |
| Genus: | Chelodina |
| Subgenus: | Chelydera |
| Species: | C. expansa |
| Binomial name | |
| Chelodina expansa (Gray, 1857) | |
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Chelodina (Chelydera) expansa, commonly known as the broad-shelled turtle, broad-shelled river turtle, or broad-shelled snake-necked turtle, is a pleurodiran freshwater turtle found in south-eastern and eastern Australia. It is the largest of the long-necked turtles.