Alligator snapping turtle

Alligator snapping turtle
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)
	CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Chelydridae
Genus:	Macrochelys
Species:	M. temminckii
Binomial name
	Macrochelys temminckii; (Troost, 1835)
Synonyms
	Genus synonymy Macroclemys; Gray, 1856 ; Gypochelys; Agassiz, 1857 ; Species synonymy Testudo planitia; Gmelin, 1789; (nomen suppressum) ; Chersine planitia; — Merrem, 1820 ; Chelonura temminckii; Troost in Harlan, 1835; (nomen conservandum) ; Emysaurus temminckii; — A.M.C Duméril and Bibron in A.M.C. Duméril & A.H.A. Duméril, 1851 ; Macroclemys temminckii; — Gray, 1846 ; Cheldyra temminckii; — Agassiz, 1857 ; Gypochelys temminckii; — Agassiz, 1857 ; Macroclemmys temminckii; — Strauch, 1862 ; Macroclemys temmincki; — Pritchard, 1967 ;

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 freshwater turtles in the world. It is the largest freshwater species of turtle in North America. It is often associated with, but not closely related to, the common snapping turtle, which is in the genus Chelydra. The specific epithet temminckii is in honor of Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck.

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