Carettochelys.com is a site dedicated to the accurate and up to date information on Australasian Turtles of the
families Chelidae and
Carettochelydidae. We are building an extensive PDF library where
you can download scientific papers on these species and also present a significant number of these papers in web form where we can do so.
Our central mission is to be a source of information. Sources on anything to do with these turtles
wether that be the scientific study or the captive husbandry of them. We strive for accuracy and
accountability to that accuracy. Hence where possible all information is cited and those publications
are available here.
Scott Thomson
January 11, 2006: I have started adding as many of the original descriptions of Australasian species as I can, I have almost all of them. They will be available as both pdf downloads and for reading online. I believe the disemmination of taxonomic works is of paramount importance hence I hope people find this useful. Any researchers who think I have left their descriptions out please feel free to contact me and E-mail me a pdf. I will happily make them available. Please note though this is a work in progress. You will find them in the Literature section.
Scott Thomson
AFTCRA is a non- profit organisation aiming to protect all Australian freshwater turtles and to prevent
extinction by ensuring sustainable populations can and do exist in the wild.
