Macrochelys temminckii Troost, 1835
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5287.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7968139 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/88502B73-FF6E-B883-FF6B-40C17A390ED9 |
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Macrochelys temminckii Troost, 1835 |
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Macrochelys temminckii Troost, 1835 View in CoL — Non-native; Introduced.
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.
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