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Alligator snapping turtle
Alligator snapping turtle
(Macroclemys temminckii)
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Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Testudines
Family
Chelydridae
Genus
Macroclemys
(1)
Size
Length: to 66 cm
(2)
Weight
to 80 kg
(2)
Status
Classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List 2006
(1)
and listed on Appendix III of CITES
(3)
.
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