Alligator snapping turtle (English Wikipedia)

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Elsey RM (September 1, 2006). "Food Habits of Macrochelys temminckii (Alligator Snapping Turtle) from Arkansas and Louisiana". Southeastern Naturalist. 5 (3): 443–452. doi:10.1656/1528-7092(2006)5[443:fhomta]2.0.co;2. ISSN 1528-7092. S2CID 49358134.
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"Nashville Zoo: Alligator Snapping Turtle". Archived from the original on February 21, 2006. Retrieved March 26, 2006.

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Thomas, Travis M.; Granatosky, Michael C.; Bourque, Jason R.; Krysko, Kenneth L.; Moler, Paul E.; Gamble, Tony; Suarez, Eric; Leone, Erin; Roman, Joe (2014). "Taxonomic assessment of Alligator Snapping Turtles (Chelydridae: Macrochelys), with the description of two new species from the southeastern United States". Zootaxa. 3786 (2): 141–165. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3786.2.4. PMID 24869532. S2CID 42639580.
Folt B, Guyer C (2015). "Evaluating recent taxonomic changes for alligator snapping turtles (Testudines: Chelydridae)". Zootaxa. 3947 (3): 447–450. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3947.3.11. PMID 25947748. S2CID 11298735.
Telford SR Jr, Norton TM, Moler PE, Jensen JB (2009). "A New Haemogregarina Species of the Alligator Snapping Turtle, Macrochelys temminckii (Testudines: Chelydridae), in Georgia and Florida that Produces Macromeronts in Circulating Erythrocytes". Journal of Parasitology. 95 (1): 208–214. doi:10.1645/ge-1696.1. PMID 19245282. S2CID 11586597.
Chaffin K, Norton TM, Gilardi K, Poppenga R, Jensen JB, Moler P, Cray C, Dierenfeld ES, Chen T, Oliva M, Origgi FC, Gibbs S, Mazzaro L, Mazet J (2008). "Health assessment of free-ranging alligator snapping turtles (Macrochelys temminckii) in Georgia and Florida". Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 44 (3): 670–686. doi:10.7589/0090-3558-44.3.670. PMID 18689653.

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Ligon, Day B.; Reasor, Jona (2007). "Predation on Alligator Snapping Turtles (Macrochelys temminckii) by Northern River Otters (Lontra canadensis)". The Southwestern Naturalist. 52 (4): 608–610. doi:10.1894/0038-4909(2007)52[608:POASTM]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 85798187.
Thomas, Travis M.; Granatosky, Michael C.; Bourque, Jason R.; Krysko, Kenneth L.; Moler, Paul E.; Gamble, Tony; Suarez, Eric; Leone, Erin; Roman, Joe (2014). "Taxonomic assessment of Alligator Snapping Turtles (Chelydridae: Macrochelys), with the description of two new species from the southeastern United States". Zootaxa. 3786 (2): 141–165. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3786.2.4. PMID 24869532. S2CID 42639580.
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Folt B, Guyer C (2015). "Evaluating recent taxonomic changes for alligator snapping turtles (Testudines: Chelydridae)". Zootaxa. 3947 (3): 447–450. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3947.3.11. PMID 25947748. S2CID 11298735.
Riedle, J. Daren; Shipman, Paul A.; Fox, Stanley F.; Leslie, David M. (January 2006). "Microhabitat Use, Home Range, and Movements of the Alligator Snapping Turtle, Macrochelys temminckii, in Oklahoma". The Southwestern Naturalist. 51 (1): 35–40. doi:10.1894/0038-4909(2006)51[35:muhram]2.0.co;2. S2CID 85606006.
Telford SR Jr, Norton TM, Moler PE, Jensen JB (2009). "A New Haemogregarina Species of the Alligator Snapping Turtle, Macrochelys temminckii (Testudines: Chelydridae), in Georgia and Florida that Produces Macromeronts in Circulating Erythrocytes". Journal of Parasitology. 95 (1): 208–214. doi:10.1645/ge-1696.1. PMID 19245282. S2CID 11586597.
Elsey RM (September 1, 2006). "Food Habits of Macrochelys temminckii (Alligator Snapping Turtle) from Arkansas and Louisiana". Southeastern Naturalist. 5 (3): 443–452. doi:10.1656/1528-7092(2006)5[443:fhomta]2.0.co;2. ISSN 1528-7092. S2CID 49358134.

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Elsey RM (September 1, 2006). "Food Habits of Macrochelys temminckii (Alligator Snapping Turtle) from Arkansas and Louisiana". Southeastern Naturalist. 5 (3): 443–452. doi:10.1656/1528-7092(2006)5[443:fhomta]2.0.co;2. ISSN 1528-7092. S2CID 49358134.