Alligator snapping turtle

heaviest freshwater turtle in the world
Taxon taxon Q457872
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Alligator snapping turtle

Summary

Alligator snapping turtle is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.28% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,476 views/month, #537 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Alligator snapping turtle's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Alligator snapping turtle is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Alligator snapping turtle's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Endangered status[5].
  • Alligator snapping turtle belongs to the parent taxon Macrochelys[6].
  • Alligator snapping turtle is endemic to United States[7].
  • Alligator snapping turtle's scientific name is Macrochelys temminckii[8].
  • Alligator snapping turtle's Commons category is recorded as Macrochelys temminckii[9].
  • Alligator snapping turtle's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Macrochelys temminckii[10].
  • Alligator snapping turtle's Commons gallery is recorded as Macrochelys temminckii[11].
  • Alligator snapping turtle's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'M. temminckii'}[12].
  • Alligator snapping turtle is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Alligator snapping turtle'}[13].
  • Alligator snapping turtle is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Alligator Snapping Turtle'}[14].
  • Alligator snapping turtle is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'tartuga caimán'}[15].
  • Alligator snapping turtle's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[16].
  • Alligator snapping turtle's CITES Appendix is recorded as Appendix III of CITES[17].
  • Alligator snapping turtle's diel cycle is recorded as nocturnal[18].
  • Alligator snapping turtle's homonymous taxon is recorded as Macrochelys temminckii[19].

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Classification

Alligator snapping turtle's scientific name is Macrochelys temminckii[8]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Macrochelys[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[13] and {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'tartuga caimán'}[15].

Distribution

Alligator snapping turtle is endemic to United States[7].

Identifiers

Recorded iNaturalist taxon ID include 39694[20] and 521318[21]. Alligator snapping turtle's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 571338[22]. Alligator snapping turtle's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 791511[23]. Alligator snapping turtle's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5220318[24]. Alligator snapping turtle's ITIS TSN is recorded as 668671[25].

Why It Matters

Alligator snapping turtle ranks in the top 0.28% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,476 views/month, #537 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [22] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [25] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [23] . wikidata.org.
  11. [24] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [16] . wikidata.org.
  21. [17] . Species+. wikidata.org.
  22. [18] . Out of the dark: 350 million years of conservatism and evolution in diel activity patterns in vertebrates. wikidata.org.
  23. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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