Kingdom  Animalia
Phylum  Chordata
Class  Reptilia
Order  Testudines
Family  Chelydridae
Genus  Macroclemys
 Species  Macroclemys temminckii

Alligator Snapping Turtle
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 Economic Value

The alligator snapping turtle has been exploited for meat through commercial harvest (Richards 2002, Roman and Bowen 2001).  Although commercial trapping was closed in the southeastern United States in the 1980’s, alligator snapping turtle was genetically identified in meat samples in Louisiana in 2001 (Roman and Bowen 2001).