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Eastern Snapping Turtle

Chelydra serpentina

Photo by alfrediguana
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Field Notes

Description:

Common snappers are noted for their belligerent disposition when out of the water, their powerful beak-like jaws, and their highly mobile head and neck.

Habitat:

I found this turtle (and Painted Turtle friends) in the C&O Canal near Cumberland, MD. At first I thought he was a log because he is covered in muck!

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Common snapping turtle

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