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The common snapping turtle ( Chelydra serpentina) is a species of large freshwater turtle in the family Chelydridae. Its natural range extends from southeastern Canada, southwest to the edge of the Rocky Mountains, as far east as Nova Scotia and Florida. The present-day Chelydra serpentina population in the Middle Rio Grande suggests that ...
The alligator snapping turtle ( Macrochelys temminckii) is a large species of turtle in the family Chelydridae. The species is endemic to freshwater habitats in the United States. M. temminckii is one of the heaviest freshwater turtles in the world. [ 4 ] It is the largest freshwater species of turtle in North America. [ 5 ]
Chelydra rossignonii. — Bonin, Devaux & Dupré, 2006. The Central American snapping turtle ( Chelydra rossignonii ), [2] also known commonly as the Mexican snapping turtle [6] and the Yucatán snapping turtle, [6] is a species of turtle in the family Chelydridae. [2] The species is endemic to Central America and Mexico .
The Snapping Turtle Turks: Possibly the most pettily cruel creatures in the film, these are dressed like stereotypical Turkish men, sporting handlebar mustaches and curved goatees on their chins (they even sport curved Arabic shoes and fezzes). They are short and fat, and their stomachs are in fact oversized, predatory faces whose reptilian ...
The South American snapping turtle ( Chelydra acutirostris) [1] is a species of turtle in the family Chelydridae. [1] This species, which is endemic to Central and northwestern South America, was previously considered a subspecies of Chelydra serpentina. [1] Its restricted range in South America reflects its recent arrival there as part of the ...
Elseya albagula, commonly known as the white-throated snapping turtle, is one of the largest species of chelid turtles in the world, growing to about 45 cm (18 in) carapace length. [1] The species is endemic to south-eastern Queensland, Australia, in the Burnett, Mary, and Fitzroy River drainages. This species is entirely aquatic, rarely coming ...
The Yangtze giant softshell turtle has been known to inhabit the Yangtze River and Lake Tai, situated on the border of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces, in eastern China, and Gejiu, Yuanyang, Jianshui and Honghe in Yunnan Province in southern China. A specimen at the Beijing Zoo died in 2005, and another one at the Shanghai Zoo died in 2006; both ...
This species appears to exhibit sexual dimorphism, with males tending to be larger than females.In samples from six distinct ecological reaches running downstream between White Springs and Suwannee Estuary, mature females were found to have a straight-midline carapace length between 351-550 mm, while mature males had a straight-midline carapace length between 451-650 mm. Males found had an ...