Chelydra serpentina

specie di animali della famiglia Chelydridae

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The common snapping turtle (*Chelydra serpentina*), also referred to as the North American Snapping Turtle, is a species within the family Chelydridae. It belongs to the order Testudines and the phylum Chordata, with its scientific name attributed to Linnaeus in 1758. This freshwater reptile is classified as a species under the parent taxon *Chelydra*.

The species exhibits a crepuscular diel cycle and feeds on invertebrates, fish, amphibians, and reptiles. Its litter size is recorded as 32. The IUCN Red List assesses its conservation status as Least Concern, a designation noted in 2025. The taxon is accepted by WoRMS and has a sequenced genome available through Ensembl.

Synthesized by Vinony from 27 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, IUCN Red List, iNaturalist, WoRMS, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Least Concern

Common Snapping Turtle

Species

PhylumChordata
OrderTestudines
FamilyChelydridae

Habitatfreshwater

Observations114,940

本條目介紹的是擬鱷龜。關於另一种相似名称的龟，請見“大鱷龜”。二名法 Chelydra serpentina(Linnaeus, 1758) 擬鱷龜棲息地分佈擬鱷龜（學名：Chelydra serpentina），是世界最大的淡水龜之一。牠們是大鱷龜的親屬，體型大且攻擊性極強，除了短吻鱷外幾乎没有天敵。分布地由加拿大南部至厄瓜多爾，有四個亞種。目录 1 形態 2 生態 3 飼養 4 保護 5 参考 6 外部連結形態擬鱷龜的外殼是黑、棕、黃、橘、橄欖色，40至50厘米長，腹甲小而呈十字型。頭部大而喙部锐利。最重可達34-39公斤。生態擬鱷龜是幾乎全水棲性除產卵和曬太陽外不上岸。夜行性，偏向肉食性的雜食性，捕捉魚類，鳥類，兩棲類，爬行類，小型哺乳類動物，軟體動物，甲殼類，昆蟲。也食腐肉和一些植物。獵食方式是埋伏突襲，攻擊速度很快。牠們位於食物鏈上層，除短吻鱷外幾乎沒有天敵。雄性4-5歲成熟,雌性6-7歲。產25-80個卵，9-18星期後出生。依亞種不同而有不同的體色及肉芽，壽命可達100歲。擬鱷龜咬合力較鱷龜小的多，但相對的攻擊性比鱷龜強許多，會主動追著獵物跑，對侵略者也有很強的攻擊性。飼養擬鱷龜不是理想的寵物。牠的脖子很長很靈活，可以咬到殻後部，攻擊的速度很快，咬合的力量可以輕鬆切斷人的手指。當受到威脅時，牠將發出嘶嘶的聲音。但是在水中遇到干擾，通常會悄悄地遠離。保護 2006年擬鱷龜被宣布成紐約州爬行動物。参考 ^ Chelydra serpentina, IUCN 外部連結维基物种中的分类信息：擬鱷龜维基共享资源中相关的多媒体资源：擬鱷龜 The Snapping Turtle Page - www.chelydra.org Snapping Turtle - Chelydra serpentina Species account from the Iowa Reptile and Amphibian Field Guide Common Snapping Turtle, Natural Resources Canada Video: How to Help a Snapping Turtle Cross A Road from the Toronto Zoo 取自“https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=擬鱷龜&oldid=52429303” 分类： IUCN无危物种寵物龜鳄龟科美國爬行動物加拿大動物卡尔·林奈命名的生物分类隐藏分类： TaxoboxLatinName 本地相关图片与维基数据不同

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