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I bought this guy at a herp show; he was sold as a pink-bellied sideneck. I've seen pics of that species online, though, and this turtle is nowhere near as colorful as those pictures. I tried finding pictures online that matched it, and the closest I could come was a Murray River Sideneck. I was wondering if anyone could tell me what kind it is.

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See if you can get ahold of Fred's Pets in Strawberry Market Place NY he is probably the number one turtle guy around and he will not screw you around. Wish I could be more help.

Could you supply some more pictures, of him out of the water? And of his plastron.

Yeah, but it will be a few days, as I need to shoot up the rest of this roll of film, or find someone I know with a digital camera.
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The Emydura maquari (I have two - one raised from a juvenile) have yellow plastrons and smooth rear carapaces and are not common in the trade. It is probably an Elseya. Although it could be Elseya novaeguinea (the commonest species in the trade), it is probably a very similar species with a pink belly. I had one, but I have unfortunately forgotten the name of this recently described species (you won't find it in most turtle books - can anyone help me out here?). There is also a pink bellied Emydura subglobossa. The New Guiniea race, to which most captive individuals in the U.S. belong, is sometimes considered a distinct species. They have a smooth rear shell and are not what you have. The white rimmed eyeball is definitive for Elseya.

Elseya schultzi, but my memory is not perfect on this one.