This type of turtle, identified for the first time in 2014, is considered a threatened species due to the contamination of its habitat and illegal trade.
During a recent study by a team of biologists from the Florida Institute of Fish and Wildlife (USA), a huge specimen of the Suwanne alligator turtle (‘Macrochelys suwanniensis’) weighing 45 kilos was caught in a stream of waters. state residuals, reports a statement from the same institute.
“The New River is a sewage stream with low biological...