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  2. Common snapping turtle - Wikipedia

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    The common snapping turtle, as its name implies, is the most widespread. [4] The common snapping turtle is noted for its combative disposition when out of the water with its powerful beak-like jaws, and highly mobile head and neck (hence the specific epithet serpentina, meaning "snake-like"). In water, it is likely to flee and hide underwater ...

  3. List of reptiles of Minnesota - Wikipedia

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    Common snapping turtle: Chelydra serpentina: Least concern: Length of 8–14 inches (20–36 cm); weight of 10–35 pounds (4.5–15.9 kg); shell color varies from tan to black [35] Common musk turtle: Sternotherus odoratus: Least concern introduced Smooth softshell turtle: Apalone mutica: Least concern: Red-eared slider: Trachemys scripta elegans

  4. List of reptiles of Guatemala - Wikipedia

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    Common snapping turtle – Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758) Dermatemydidae ... (25 inches) in carapace length, and can weigh in the range of 20 kg (44 lbs). They ...

  5. List of largest reptiles - Wikipedia

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    The largest extant turtle is the leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), reaching a maximum total length of 3 m (10 ft) and a weight of 961 kg (2,119 lb). [1] [96] The second-largest extant testudine is the Loggerhead sea turtle. It tends to weight slightly more average weight than the green sea turtle, and reaches more massive top sizes.

  6. Chelydra - Wikipedia

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    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 northwestern South America.

  7. Chelydridae - Wikipedia

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    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 , and Protochelydra .

  8. Macrochelys - Wikipedia

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    Skeleton of an alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) on display at the Museum of OsteologyTraditionally, only a single extant species (M. temminckii) was recognized, but following reviews, two species are now recognized: [4] [5] Anatomical differences between the two species of Macrochelys include the shape of the caudal notch at the rear of the carapace and the angle of the ...

  9. Alligator snapping turtle - Wikipedia

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    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 ]