Macrochelys temminckii (Alligator Snapping Turtle)
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ALLIGATOR
SNAPPING TURTLE
Macroclemys temminckii (Harlan, 1835)
STATUS: Very rare
LOCALITIES OBSERVED: Dallas
Co.: reported from White
Rock Lake; Tarrant Co.:
reported but unconfirmed in the Trinity River below Lake Worth Dam
and the Trinity River N of Arlington;
DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: none
HABITAT: Trinity River
Bottoms
COMMENTS: The
existance of the alligator snapping turtle in the Metroplex needs
confirmation.
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