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Image Citation Meta:Turtle Survival Alliance
Crowned river turtle
- Maximum Carapace Length
- 61cm (2ft)
- Scientific name
- Herdella thurjii
- Taxonomy
- Family:Geoemydidae
- Genus:Herdella
- Range
- South Asia
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photo credit:Dlouhohlávka mexická 9246u by Matěj Baťha 
Central American river turtle
- Maximum Carapace Length
- 65cm (2.1ft)
- Scientific name
- Dermatemys mawii
- Taxonomy
- Family:Dermatemydae
- Genus:Dermatemys
- Range
- Central America
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photo credit:img_36068 by Dave Pape 
Alligator snapping turtle
- Maximum Carapace Length
- 80cm (2.6ft)
- Scientific name
- Macrochelys temminckii
- Taxonomy
- Family:Chelidridae
- Genus:Macrochelys
- Range
- Eastern United States
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photo credit:Orlitia borneensis by Cowbongoa
Malaysian giant turtle
- Maximum Carapace Length
- 80cm or more (2.6ft or more)
- Scientific name
- Orlitia borneensis
- Taxonomy
- Family:Geoemydidae
- Genus:Orlitia
- Range
- Sumatra island,Borneo island
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photo credit:Podocnemis expansa in Zoo Krefeld (1) by FakirNL
Arrau turtle
- Maximum Carapace Length
- 87cm (2.9ft)
- Scientific name
- Podocnemis expansa
- Taxonomy
- Family:Pelomedusidae
- Genus:Podocnemis
- Range
- South America
The old type of turtle that doesn’t retract its neck and retracts sideways.
