Name: AHB Series 22 - Alligator Snapping Turtle – Macrochelys temminckii | Turtle
SKU: AHB-V22-03-TUR
Price: 37.99 USD
Availability: InStock

AHB Series 22 – Alligator Snapping Turtle – Macrochelys temminckii | Turtle

A charming, chubby figure of the Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) — hand-painted in lifelike detail, ready to display on any desk or shelf.

Approx. Size: Approx. palm-sized · ~0.5 lb (230 g)
Material: Hand-painted resin
Display: Single fixed figure — ready to display

Only 2 left in stock

Animal Heavenly Body · A Series of Laugh and Grow

Series 22 · The Tortoise & Snapping Turtle Collection

Alligator Snapping Turtle

Macrochelys temminckii

The Alligator Snapping Turtle — the largest freshwater turtle in North America, a spiky, prehistoric giant that fishes with a wriggling lure on its own tongue.

THE DINOSAUR TURTLE · tongue-lure hunter

RangeSoutheastern United States

HabitatRivers, lakes, bayous

Shell LengthUp to 31 in (80 cm)

RankLargest N. American freshwater turtle

TrickLures fish with its tongue

ShellThree jagged ridges

A Series of Laugh and Grow

Real animals, reimagined plump and cheerful — painted in lifelike detail, sculpted impossibly cute.

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Chubby & Full of Character

Rounded, soft and undeniably cute — yet every scale, wrinkle and marking is hand-painted true to the real animal. The reaction it gets in person is always the same: so detailed, and so adorable.

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Ready to Display

A single, sturdy hand-painted piece — no assembly, no fuss. Set it on a desk or shelf and it holds its happy pose, ready to collect and show off.

Part turtle, part dinosaur, the alligator snapping turtle is the largest freshwater turtle in North America — a spiky-shelled giant that hunts by lying still, mouth open, wiggling a pink worm-like lure on the tip of its own tongue until a curious fish swims right in.

A Living Fishing Rod

The alligator snapper has a small, worm-shaped appendage on its tongue that it wriggles to lure fish straight into its open jaws — a built-in fishing rod found in almost no other animal.

A Spiky, Ridged Shell

Three rows of tall, jagged ridges run down its rugged shell, giving it a fearsome, armored, dinosaur-like look that sets it apart from the smoother common snappers.

A True Giant

It is the heaviest freshwater turtle in North America, with large individuals weighing well over a hundred pounds — a genuine heavyweight of the southern rivers.

Patient and Ancient

It can sit motionless on the riverbed for long stretches, an ambush hunter whose lineage stretches back millions of years — here rounded into a plump, prehistoric charmer.

“A dinosaur that fishes with its own tongue — the giant of southern rivers.”

Craft & Specifications

Series	A Series of Laugh and Grow (Series 22) — The Tortoise & Snapping Turtle Collection, by Animal Heavenly Body
Approx. Size	Approx. palm-sized · ~0.5 lb (230 g)
Material	Hand-painted resin
Display	Single fixed figure — ready to display out of the box
SKU	AHB-V22-03-TUR