EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Macroclemys temminckii
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Chelydridae (Snapping Turtles)
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Macroclemys (Alligator Snapping Turtles)
species..............Macroclemys temminckii (Alligator Snapping Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Harlan 1835 : 158
- Original name
- Chelonura temminckii
- Common Name
- Alligator Snapping Turtle
- Distribution
- Gulf of Mexico drainages from the Suwannee River in Florida to the San Antonio River in Texas and north to southern Illinois, USA
- Subspecies
- None
- Comments
- Reviewed by Pritchard (1989).
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