Species Name: Emydura macquarii kreffti
Price: $90 each
Available: Not currently available
Maximum Size: Usually 20-24cm. Some individual specimens can grow bigger (to about 28cm).
Description: This turtle has a short neck. It's carapace (top part of the shell) is light brown to dark brown. The plastron (bottom part of the shell) is light coloured. Krefft's Turtles have a yellow stripe that extend backwards from the eye.
Temperament: Usually gentle, calm and friendly.
Food: In captivity, a diet of freshwater fish, supplemented with freshwater yabbies, freshwater prawns, freshwater snails is suitable. Freshwater plants also make up part of their diet. Avoid saltwater fish. Hatchlings will also readily consume mosquito larvae (wrigglers).
