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Common Snapping Turtle

Chelydra serpentina

Photo by Jacob Gorneau
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42.3498, -74.0187

Field Notes

Description:

A large, dinosaur-looking turtle with a beak-like face, Chelydra serpentina, the Common Snapping Turtle, is a very interesting reptile!

Habitat:

Found sunbathing on the other side of the hill not facing the pond, and then it crawled up the hill and into the water.

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