Alligator Snapping Turtle


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Alligator Snapping Turtle Contributor: Jeff Chandler Common Name: Alligator Snapping Turtle Scientific Name: Macrochelys temminckii Informal Taxonomy: Animals, Vertebrates - Turtles Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Craniata Class: Chelonia Order: Cryptodeira Family: Chelydridae Genus: Macrochelys Genus Size: A - Monotypic genus Contributor Comments: I completed this assignment and liked the presentation. I own a common snapping turtle and was surprised to find its relative(alligator snapping turtle) on the endangered list. Good job. Credits Biophage - Help Us Header Image \| Biology. Retrieved Mar. 7, 2012, from Web site: http://www.biophage.com/endangered-species.html
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Alligator Snapping Turtle

Contributor: Jeff Chandler

Common Name: Alligator Snapping Turtle
Scientific Name: Macrochelys temminckii
Informal Taxonomy: Animals, Vertebrates - Turtles
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Craniata
Class: Chelonia
Order: Cryptodeira
Family: Chelydridae
Genus: Macrochelys
Genus Size: A - Monotypic genus

Contributor Comments: I completed this assignment and liked the presentation. I own a common snapping turtle and was surprised to find its relative(alligator snapping turtle) on the endangered list. Good job.

Credits

Biophage - Help Us Header Image | Biology. Retrieved Mar. 7, 2012, from Web site: http://www.biophage.com/endangered-species.html