Macroclemys temminckii Testudines Macroclemys temminckii Alligator Snapping Turtle Search for another Amphibian or Reptile. Search for amphibians and reptiles by Illinois county. Go to the INHS Amphibian and Reptile Collection page. Search the INHS collections data for this species by clicking on the button below. Search the Type Specimen Data for this species by clicking on the button below.
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Slanted hatch indicates pre-1980 records only. Not all specimens upon which these maps are based have been verified. Common snapping turtle. Carapace sculptured, dull black or brown, and strongly serrate posteriorly. Three carapacial keels formed by pyramid-shaped elevations of vertebral and pleural scutes.