lifespan in the wild is 20 years, but they can live up to 50 years in captivity.

Systematics and taxonomy

Within Pleurodira, Pelomedusidae is more closely related to the South American and Malagasy Podocnemididae than to the South American and Australian Chelidae, with the clade containing both Pelomedusidae and Podocnemididae to the exclusion of Chelidae dubbed Pelomedusoides.

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