Alligator Snapping Turtles
Alligator Snapping Turtle
Taxonomic Classification of Alligator Snapping Turtle Macrochelys temminckii (Troost, 1835):
Kingdom- Animalia
Phylum- Chordata
Class- Reptilia
Order- Testudines
Family- Chelydridae
Genus- Macrochelys
Species- M. temminckii
Habitat:
Lives in river, lakes, streams or other freshwater bodies
Largest freshwater turtle in North America
Also found in Southern US, Gulf of Mexico and Mississippi river
Can stay under water for three hours and rarely bask in the sun
Females [...]