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  • Chelydridae
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  • Chelydridae is a family of turtles which has seven extinct and two extant genera. The extant genera are Chelydra the snapping turtles, and its larger relative Macrochelys, of which the Alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) is the only species. Both are endemic to the Western Hemisphere. The extinct genera are Acherontemys, Chelydrops, Chelydropsis, Emarginachelys, Macrocephalochelys, Planiplastron, and Protochelydra.
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distrib
  • USA, Canada and Central America
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Kingdom
  • Animalia
Habitat
  • Freshwater
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Weight
  • 175.0
iucn
  • IUCN 3.1
Title
  • Snapping Turtles
Class
Suborder
Family
  • Chelydridae
Order
lspan
  • Unknown
Diet
  • Carnivore
Phylum
  • Chordata
Size
  • 26.0
abstract
  • Chelydridae is a family of turtles which has seven extinct and two extant genera. The extant genera are Chelydra the snapping turtles, and its larger relative Macrochelys, of which the Alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) is the only species. Both are endemic to the Western Hemisphere. The extinct genera are Acherontemys, Chelydrops, Chelydropsis, Emarginachelys, Macrocephalochelys, Planiplastron, and Protochelydra.
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