Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
 
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Genus
Macrochelys
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Alligator Snapping Turtles
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Geierschildkröten
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Alligatorskildpadder
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Macrochelys Gray (type species: Chelonura temminckii Troost 1835) |
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1856 | |
Macroclemys Gray (type species: Chelonura temminckii Troost 1835; syn. Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1857 | |
Gypochelys Agassiz (type species: Chelonura temminckii Troost 1835; syn. Fritz & Havas 2006) |
Contents:
2 species, both of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Distribution:
USA
(Alabama,
Arkansas,
Florida,
Georgia,
Illinois,
Indiana,
Kansas,
Kentucky,
Louisiana,
Mississippi,
Missouri,
Oklahoma,
Tennessee,
Texas).
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Macrochelys suwanniensis
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Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle
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Suwannee-Geierschildkröte
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Suwannee-alligatorskildpadde
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Macrochelys suwanniensis Thomas, Granatosky, Bourque, Krysko, Moler, Gamble, Suarez, Leone & Ramon |
Distribution:
USA
(Florida,
Georgia).
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Macrochelys temminckii
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Western Alligator Snapping Turtle
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Westliche Geierschildkröte
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Vestlig Alligatorskildpadde
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1789 | |
Testudo planitia Gmelin in Linnaeus [nomen suppressum & rejectum] (ICZN 1963: Opinion 660) |
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Hydraspis planitia Fitzinger 1835 |
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1835 | |
Chelonura temminckii Troost |
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Emysaurus temminckii Duméril & Bibron in Duméril & Duméril 1851 |
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Macrochelys temminckii Gray 1856 |
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Macroclemys temminckii Gray 1856 |
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Macrochelys apalachicolae Thomas, Granatosky, Bourque, Krysko, Moler, Gamble, Suarez, Leone & Ramon (Folt & Guyer 2015) |
Other common names:
apalachicolae: Apalachicola Alligator Snapping Turtle
Remarks:
Previously included the populations now assigned to suwanniensis.
Introduced to:
Taiwan.
Distribution:
USA
(Alabama,
Arkansas,
Florida,
Georgia,
Illinois,
Indiana,
Kansas,
Kentucky,
Louisiana,
Mississippi,
Missouri,
Oklahoma,
Tennessee,
Texas).
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Macrochelys temminckii
© Rune Midtgaard
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