🦎
Alligator snapping turtle
Macrochelys temminckii
Reptiles · Endangered
vs
🐢
Leatherback turtle
Dermochelys coriacea
Reptiles · Vulnerable
One clip names both of them
362 views between them.
Leatherback turtle outweighs Alligator snapping turtle 7.2× — 420 kg against 58.5 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
59 kg
🦎 Alligator snapping turtle · AnAge
420 kg
🐢 Leatherback turtle · AnAge
Maximum lifespan
70 yr
🦎 Alligator snapping turtle · AnAge
30 yr
🐢 Leatherback turtle · AnAge
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
Les animaux pris sur le vif
De vraies images des animaux de ce site — à la chasse, au combat, ou vaquant simplement à leurs occupations.
Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Cryptodira (suborder), home to 703 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.