Giant side-necked turtles typically live around 25 years. After talking about the lifespan of giant side-necked turtles, let's talk about the morphological characteristics of giant side-necked turtles.

The giant side-necked turtle, also called the South American side-necked turtle, is the largest freshwater turtle in South America. The carapace of the giant side-necked turtle is gray-black in color, oval in shape, and relatively flat. The plastron of the giant side-necked turtle is yellow, with asymmetrical irregular black patches on both sides of the plastron. The giant side-neck turtle has a pair of white mandibles, and the juvenile giant side-neck turtle has a bright yellow head spot. The most notable feature is that two yellow lines extend backward from the tip of the nose along the groove on the bridge of the nose, from the top of the head to the eye socket. .