Suwannee snapping turtle
Macrochelys suwanniensis Thomas, Granatosky, Bourque, Krysko, Moler, Gamble, Suarez, Leone & Roman, 2014
Status not recordedturtles and tortoises
The suwannee snapping turtle (Macrochelys suwanniensis) is a species in the family Chelydridae, order Testudines.
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Quick facts about the suwannee snapping turtle
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the suwannee snapping turtle live?
Not recorded
Is the suwannee snapping turtle endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the suwannee snapping turtle classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderTestudines
- familyChelydridae
- genusMacrochelys
- SpeciesMacrochelys suwanniensis Thomas, Granatosky, Bourque, Krysko, Moler, Gamble, Suarez, Leone & Roman, 2014
Other names and names in other languages (4)
- Suwannee alligator snapping turtleEnglish
- سلحفاة سواني النهاشةArabic
- Suwannee-GeierschildkröteGerman
- スワニーワニガメJapanese
Relatives of the suwannee snapping turtle
Other species in the same genus Macrochelys.
CompareSuwannee snapping turtle vs Alligator snapping turtleSuwannee snapping turtle vs Macrochelys maxhoseriSuwannee snapping turtle vs Macrochelys muscati
Common questions
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What kind of animal is the suwannee snapping turtle?
The suwannee snapping turtle (Macrochelys suwanniensis) belongs to the family Chelydridae in the order Testudines.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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