Alligator Snapping Turtle | 台北市立動物園資訊網
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Alligator Snapping TurtleMacrochelys temminckii
Status: Not Listed
Description
Alligator snapping turtles are sometimes described as dinosaur-like because of their spiky shells and primitive-looking faces. They have three pointed ridges along their shells that run from head to tail. Unlike all other species of snapping turtle, this one has eyes on the sides of its head.
The alligator snapping turtle is the largest species of freshwater turtle. Males typically weigh between 155 and 175 pounds (70 and 80 kilograms). It is said that a 400-pound (180-kilogram) alligator snapping turtle was caught in Kansas in 1937, but there isn’t sufficient evi...
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【鱷龜】:鱷龜科;
北美洲最大的淡水龜,頭大,嘴如鷹喙,背上有三列發達的鋸齒狀脊稜,在肋盾和緣盾間有一排較小的鱗片,尾巴長。全身為深褐色...