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Common Snapping Turtle

Chelydra serpentina

Photo by PamelaSmith
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Common Snapping Turtle

Chelydra serpentina

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This looks like a Common Snapping Turtle to me. Please check out the links above and and below to compare and check out ranges for the species. :-)
Alligator snapping turtles do not occur in Indiana, http://srelherp.uga.edu/turtles/mactem.htm

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