What is Pig-nosed turtle?
{{Taxobox | status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1 | image = C insculpta.jpg | image_caption = A young individual in captivity in [[Slovakia]]. | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Reptile|Sauropsida]] | ordo = [[Testudines]] | subordo = [[Cryptodira]] | superfamilia = [[Trionychia]] | familia = [[Carettochelyidae]] | familia_authority = | subfamilia = '''Carettochelyinae''' | subfamilia_authority = | genus = '''''Carettochelys''''' | species = '''''C. insculpta''''' | binomial = ''Carettochelys insculpta'' | binomial_authority = [[Edward Pierson Ramsay|Ramsay]], 1886 | synonyms = * ''Carettocchelys insculptus'' <small>Ramsay, 1886</small> * ''Carettochelys insculpta'' <small>Boulenger, 1889</small> * ''Carettochelys insculptus'' <small>Boulenger, 1889</small> * ''Chelodina insculpta'' <small>Cann, 1997</small> * ''Carettochelys canni'' <small>Artner, 2003</small> ''([[nomen nudum]])'' }} The '''pig-nosed turtle''' (''Carettochelys insculpta''), also known as the '''pitted-shelled turtle''' or '''Fly River turtle''', is a [[species]] of [[turtle]] native to northern [[Australia]] and southern [[New Guinea]]. == Description == The pig-nosed turtle is a very large freshwater turtle, with a shell length of 60-70 centimetres. It is grey to greyish brown in colour on the upper surface, and white to yellow in colour on the lower surface. It has broad [[paddle]]-like flippers, each with two claws. Its shell is covered by a soft-pitted [[skin]], instead of the hard scutes that cover the shells of most turtles. {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Turtles of Australia]]