Apalachicola snapping turtle
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| Apalachicola snapping turtle | |
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Scientific classification  (disputed) | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | Chelydridae |
| Genus: | Macrochelys |
| Species: | M. apalachicolae
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| Binomial name | |
| Macrochelys apalachicolae Thomas et al., 2014[1]
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The Apalachicola snapping turtle (Macrochelys apalachicolae) is a proposed species that lives in the
IUCN's Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group,[7] and the Committee On Standard English And Scientific Names (Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles).[8] The Apalachicola snapping turtles[9] and other species of snapping turtle have been classified as endangered due to human activity which is causing the destruction to their natural habitats[10]
References
- ^ PMID 24869532.
- ^ Stephenie Livingston (April 10, 2014). "Study shows 'dinosaurs of the turtle world' at risk in Southeast rivers". University of Florida News. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014.
- ^ Joshua E. Brown (April 24, 2014). "Research splits alligator snapping turtle, 'dinosaur of the turtle world,' into three species". Phys.org.
- ^ John R. Platt (April 17, 2014). "Alligator Snapping Turtles, the Dinosaurs of the Turtle World, Are Actually 3 at-Risk Species". Scientific American.
- PMID 25947748.
- ^ Reptile Database: Macrochelys temminckii. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
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- ISBN 978-1-946681-00-3
- ^ Tortue Paradise
- ^ "Alligator snapping turtle". Florida Fish And Wildlife Conservation Commission. Retrieved 2022-10-18.