Macrochelys temminckii Troost, 1835

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P., 2023, Singapore’s herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution, Zootaxa 5287 (1), pp. 1-378 : 245-246

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5287.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:78E23714-8973-4755-BC94-0A751D7D2B37

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7968139

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/88502B73-FF6E-B883-FF6B-40C17A390ED9

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Macrochelys temminckii Troost, 1835
status

 

Macrochelys temminckii Troost, 1835 View in CoL — Non-native; Introduced.

Alligator Snapping Turtle

Singapore records.

Macrochelys temminckii —T.H. Ng & K.K.P. Lim, 2010: 120 (Kranji Reservoir).—D.C.J. Yeo & C.S.W. Chia, 2010: 35.

Remarks. On 28 June 2008, a large specimen of M. temminckii was caught by a fisherman at Kranji Reservoir (Ng & Lim 2010), and during the 1990s, hatchlings were sold in pet shops across Singapore (Ng & Lim 2010). Macrochelys temminckii is native to central and southern United States (TTWG 2021).

LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. No specimens.

Additional Singapore museum specimens. No specimens.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Testudines

Family

Chelydridae

Genus

Macrochelys

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