All turtles are able to snap, but not every turtle is a snapping turtle. You can identify the two most common species by their shell, head shape, and behaviors.

There are a few more white-throated snapping turtles in Queensland, Australia than researchers previously thought, which is great news for the 'bum-breathing', critically endangered species. While the ...

The critically endangered turtle has been found in Queensland’s Baffle Creek for the first time. The white-throated snapping turtle (Elseya albagula) – known colloquially as a ‘bum-breathing turtle’ ...

Foreword -- Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Australian freshwater turtles and Aboriginal culture -- Long-neck turtles : Genus Chelodina Fitzinger, 1826 -- Snapping turtles : Genus Elseya Gray, ...