EMYSystem Text Only Genus Page: Macrochelys
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Chelydridae (Snapping Turtles)
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Macrochelys (Alligator Snapping Turtles)
species
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M. temminckii (Alligator Snapping Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Gray 1855 : 48
- Common Name
- Alligator Snapping Turtles
- Distribution
- As for the single species
- Comments
- Referred to as Macrochelys in some references; corrected by Smith (1955:16).
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