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Chelydridae
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<p>The Chelydridae is a <a href="/facts/Family_(biology)/qTrn6E8E">family</a> of <a href="/facts/Turtle/X0ImnxYt">turtles</a> that has seven extinct and two extant <a href="/facts/Genera/m8EFjSms">genera</a>. The extant genera are the snapping turtles, <i><a href="/facts/Chelydra/kSgA3tl9">Chelydra</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/Macrochelys/LR9vl7Go">Macrochelys</a></i>. Both are <a href="/facts/Endemic_(ecology)/xt4IpIsl">endemic</a> to the <a href="/facts/Western_Hemisphere/g8YNNRQG">Western Hemisphere</a>. The extinct genera are <i><a href="/facts/Acherontemys/bIkFjU96">Acherontemys</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Chelydrops/t1LCwwmz">Chelydrops</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Chelydropsis/rwdRvCHQ">Chelydropsis</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Emarginachelys/Dds2AASP">Emarginachelys</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Macrocephalochelys/xTddfl9I">Macrocephalochelys</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Planiplastron/Y18IdF4g">Planiplastron</a></i>, and <i><a href="/facts/Protochelydra/3C4nwx1v">Protochelydra</a></i>. </p>