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Alligator Snapping Turtle, (Macrochelys temminckii), Chelydridae, Macrochelys
Code Number:
ARTV01P15_13
Title:
Alligator Snapping Turtle, (Macrochelys temminckii), Chelydridae, Macrochelys
This is one of the largest freshwater turtles in the world and is in fact the largest freshwater turtle in North America. It is a larger relative of the common snapping turtle. It ranges primarily in southern U.S. waters. They wiggle their bright pink toungue to attract fish. They have powerful jaws that can crush through even bony scales.

Diet: Molluscs, Fish, Amphibians, Water Birds

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Chelydridae
Genus: Macrochelys
Gray, 1856

Species: Macrochelys temminckii

(Troost, 1835)
Keywords:
Testudines, Animals, Reptiles, Reptilia, Herpetiles, invertebrates, ectothermic reptiles, Fauna, exoskeleton, chelonian, Tortuga, Anapsida, Reptilial
Image by:
Wernher Krutein

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