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Common Snapping turtle

Chelydra serpentina

Photo by themanleyfam
Published on Project Noah
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34.922, -80.5519

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Comments (4)
jki
This is unfortunately pretty common, particularly when females are looking for locations to bury their eggs.
themanleyfam
This turtle had been hit by car. We had seen other snapping turtles along this road before and they were very chippy!
NeilDazet
Welcome to Project Noah. This is a Common Snapping Turtle, Chelydra serpentina. Can you tell us more about this spotting? Usually snapping turtles are very feisty when on land.
jki
That's quite a crack in that shell. Was this animal alive?

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Turtles of the Southeast U.S.
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PublishedApril 10, 2013

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