Animalia > Chordata > Testudines > Chelydridae > Macrochelys > Macrochelys suwanniensis

Macrochelys suwanniensis (Alligator Snapping Turtle)

Attributes

Gestation [2]  4 months
Hibernates [1]  Yes
Litter Size [2]  30
Maximum Longevity [2]  70 years
Nocturnal [1]  Yes
Water Biome [1]  Lakes and Ponds, Rivers and Streams
Adult Weight [2]  128.971 lbs (58.50 kg)
Diet [1]  Carnivore
Female Maturity [2]  11 years
Male Maturity [2]  11 years

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0