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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 ...
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 living freshwater turtles in the world. [ 4 ] It is the largest freshwater species of turtle in North America. [ 5 ]
Chelydradae Gray, 1869:178[ 5 ] The Chelydridae is a family of turtles that has seven extinct and two extant genera. The extant genera are the snapping turtles, Chelydra and Macrochelys. Both are endemic to the Western Hemisphere. The extinct genera are Acherontemys, Chelydrops, Chelydropsis, Emarginachelys, Macrocephalochelys, Planiplastron ...
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 Gulf snapping turtle is a large, brown to dark brown, short-necked turtle. Its carapace, or upper shell, reaches 35 centimetres (14 in) in straight carapace length; it has an undulating suture between the humeral and pectoral shields in the white plastron, or under shell. [12] The undulating (rather than straight) suture in the plastron ...
The Bellinger River turtle (Myuchelys georgesi) is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae. The species is of moderate size, with a straight-line carapace length to 240 mm (9.4 in) in females, and 185 mm (7.3 in) in males. It is endemic to Australia with a highly restricted distribution to the small coastal drainage of the Bellinger River in ...
Chelydra. See text. Chelydra is one of the two extant genera of the snapping turtle family, Chelydridae, the other being Macrochelys, the much larger alligator snapping turtle. [1] The snapping turtles are native to the Americas, with Chelydra having three species, one in North America and two in Central America, one of which is also found in ...
Red-eared slider turtles are the world's most commonly traded reptile, due to their relatively low price, and usually low food price, small size, and easy maintenance. [ 4 ] [ 41 ] [ 42 ] As with other turtles, tortoises , and box turtles , individuals that survive their first year or two can be expected to live generally around 30 years.