Chelodina steindachneri is a freshwater turtle with a very long neck. It lives in rivers and water bodies in western Australia and hunts small animals.
Chelodina steindachneri differs from other turtles with its unusually long neck, which it tucks sideways under its shell. It is important for nature as a predator that regulates the population of small aquatic animals.
Immature form that undergoes metamorphosis before adulthood.
Worker
birth time
ambush
Hot and almost no precipitation
Dogs, dolphins, lynx hang out for 9-25 years and party on their birthday three times a year
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When your next jubilee falls in {name} life years
Human
days
worms
How old you would be if you lived as {name}
summer from pleasant to very hot
crustaceans
Theoretical maximum lifespan estimated from the Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) mathematical model. This value reflects a biological potential derived from metabolic parameters, not from direct observation — real recorded lifespans are often significantly shorter.
mollusks
small planktonic crustaceans — copepods, krill
adult
Maturity
fish of small size
About health
When your next birthday would fall if you lived as {name}
Repro interval
results
Carapace size
Colors
Sex
very hot and almost no rain
Upcoming jubilees
Gremllins
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rains are very rare, almost a desert
Trophic type
Filters
small fish
Warm or hot summer
Upcoming birthdays
Breeding structure built or used for laying eggs and raising offspring.
Truly long lives: 40-100 years. Bowhead whales, albatrosses, giant tortoises recall their birthday at most once a year
Lifespan
Desert and dry shrubs
Very hot and almost dry
Age (from birth to death)
Wanderers
world of Australasia
Jubilee = every 10th birthday
Earliest developmental stage inside an egg or womb.
Business sausages
Lifespan average
Egg shell count
Regeneration
Carapace color
What do they look like?
Maturity
emergence (insects)
end of lifespan
How do they live?
fertilization / egg laying
How do they behave?
birth / hatching
metamorphosis / end of larval stage
end of acceleration
Share
live snails, mussels, oysters
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Mature, fully developed individual capable of reproduction.
Freshwater
Actively hunting and capturing live prey.
Pets
all rivers and lakes
terrestrial shrubland
{name} jubilee
terrestrial shrub habitats — maquis, chaparral, bush
cm
Old-timers
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desert and semi-desert
Neck color
turns
islands and part of Australia, many unusual animals and plants
Rascals
Litter size
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
How to care for them?
Limbs count
Living from 25 to 40 years. Orangutans, bald eagles, African elephants celebrate their birthday twice a year
°C
Not specified
Where are they found?
Species lacks any fixed or lasting shelter structure.
all rivers and lakes
insects living in water or near water — mayflies, caddisflies, stoneflies
Locomotion through water employed while searching for or capturing prey.
Legendary longevity: over 100 years. Galapagos tortoises, Greenland sharks, ocean quahogs celebrate with family once every 4 years
Offspring
Elders
Bro
Taxons
carnivore
rivers and streams
if born as {name}
age
Predator remains still and concealed before launching a sudden attack.
birth date
swimming
no permanent shelter
arid terrestrial biotopes with sparse vegetation
Close
Egg shell color
was
Career from 7 to 15 months. Dwarf hamsters, voles, field crickets celebrate their birthday twice a month
The basics
My weight?
Non-stop carnival: they only live a few days. Mayflies, rotifers, midges celebrate their birthday more than twice a day
primary food sources
Potential Habitat
Very hot summer
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In husbandry
On the go from 1.3 to 3.5 years. Forest mice, anoles, rainbow fish party on their birthday once a month
Feeding occurs in water bodies such as rivers, lakes, or oceans.
Mass
Mosquitoes, fruit flies, small crustaceans hustle for up to 7 months and throw a birthday party every week
from 130 grams to 0.5 kilograms, 0.35 – 0.8 meters
islands and part of Australia, many unusual animals and plants
aquatic
summer very hot, above +25…+30 °C
{name} birthday
live annelid worms
aquatic insects
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On the map
lunge
all life stages
Female ♀
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
Potential habitat modelled from GBIF occurrence data. Map © Zveriki.com, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
birth year
Maturity
terrestrial habitat, land surface outside water
sq mm
yr
How similar?
Neck size
Male ♂
until the celebration
age as {name}
How do they breed?
On the go from 3.5 to 6 years. Hedgehogs, crows, lizards treat themselves to birthday snacks 6 times a year
What if eaten?
Very dry
Neither
nest
What do they eat?
Where do they live?
early young
Freshwater
active hunting and ambushing
Very hot and dry
Duration
This is me
freshwater
Gamers
How are they built?
mm
Theoretical lifespan
ml
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My age?
wk
My size?
very hot during the day, cold at night, almost no rain
terrestrial
Carapace count
Asexual
swap
freshwater environment — rivers, lakes, ponds, swamps
active predation
Rabbits, falcons, red-eared turtles hang out for 6-9 years and party on their birthday four times a year
Where do they take shelter?
Head color
celebrated their {n} birthday
When you would have been born if you lived as {name}
flowing fresh waters — rivers, streams, mountain torrents
Daddies
Lifespan maximum
world of Australasia
very hot and almost no precipitation
river
Hermaphrodite ⚥
pond
embryo
Zucchini
Length
kg
very hot and dry, rare rains, cacti live
Rapid forward strike to seize prey.
Observations
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