- The alligator snapping turtle ( " Macrochelys temminckii " ) is a well-camouflaged ambush predator.
- ""'Macrochelys " "'is a genus in the monospecific until a 2014 study by Travis Thomas divided it into three separate species.
- The extant genera are " Chelydra " the snapping turtles, and its larger relative " Macrochelys ", of which the Alligator Snapping Turtle ( " Macrochelys temminckii " ) is the only species.
- The extant genera are " Chelydra " the snapping turtles, and its larger relative " Macrochelys ", of which the Alligator Snapping Turtle ( " Macrochelys temminckii " ) is the only species.
- The genus was considered by Hutchison ( 2008 ) to be a junior synonym of the genus " Macrochelys ", containing the alligator snapping turtle; Hutchison transferred the species " C . stricta " to the genus " Macrochelys ".
- The genus was considered by Hutchison ( 2008 ) to be a junior synonym of the genus " Macrochelys ", containing the alligator snapping turtle; Hutchison transferred the species " C . stricta " to the genus " Macrochelys ".
- Examples of species listed on Appendix III and the countries that listed them are the two-toed sloth ( " Choloepus hoffmanni " ) by Costa Rica, African civet ( " Civettictis civetta " ) by Botswana, and the alligator snapping turtle ( " Macrochelys temminckii " ) by the USA.