Snake-necked turtle

District Rote Ndao Indonesia has a unique species of reptile that does not exist elsewhere in the world. These reptiles are turtles Neck Snake or Chelodina mccordi Rote. Reptilia Order Testudines includes chelidae family and subfamily chelodina.

Small turtle neck length is expressed as a new species in 1994 after research conducted by scientific institutions in cooperation with the Ministry of Forestry. This species is a fraction of C. Novaeguineae.

Snake-necked turtle

These turtle species are now including hard to find. Long neck turtles These turtles are also found in many of Borneo and the main food is fish. Turtles rarely cut a long neck fish (food) into a share-small portion. Usually swallowed immediately round (like a snake).

Same length of neck and body length may be inserted into the body. The neck is folded out from the body and an interesting if cared for, at mealtimes and target fish. This turtle is very similar to the movement of snakes. First performed and then the fish hit at high speed, struck the fish very quickly.