🦎Alligator snapping turtle
Kajmanka supí (Macrochelys temminckii) je želva patřící do čeledi kajmankovitých, která má pouze dva rody se dvěma druhy. Vyznačují se malým spodním štítem (plastronem) ve tvaru kříže a ocasem delším než polovina těla. Hlava i končetiny jsou kryty štítky. Kajmanka supí žije v jihovýchodní části USA, především na řece Mississippi a jejích přítocích. Její svrchní krunýř bývá dlouhý až 70 cm a celková délka této statné želvy může být 40 až 80 cm. Hmotnost vzrostlých jedinců se pohybuje kolem 100 kg. Hlava kajmanky je obrovská, s mohutnými čelistmi; hákovitá horní čelist připomíná dravčí zobák.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2025.
- Body mass
- 59 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 70 years
Everything we know about the Alligator snapping turtle
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass59 kgrecord 113 kg · ReptTraitsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Record: largest individual on record
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Maximum lifespan70 yearsrecord 80 years · ReptTraitsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Record: largest individual on record
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Gestation120 daysAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter sizeabout 30AnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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DietCarnivorousReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleDiurnalReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Foraging modeACTReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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VenomousNoReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Snout–vent length0.81 mmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l59 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Alligator snapping turtle yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classTestudines
- ›familyChelydridae
- ›genusMacrochelys
- ›speciesMacrochelys temminckii
- orderTurtles & tortoises · Testudines
- superfamilyChelydroidea
- familyChelydridae
- genusMacrochelys
All 13 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- orderTurtles & tortoises · Testudines
- suborderCryptodira
- superfamilyChelydroidea
- familyChelydridae
- genusMacrochelys
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