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Common Snapping Turtle

Chelydra serpentina

Photo by gobospring
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

About 7inches long, primarily dark gray-green with hints of yellow.

Habitat:

Forest

Species ID Suggestions

Common Snapping Turtle

Chelydra serpentina

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Comments (1)
MitchRay
Not a snapping turtle. Looks like a Wood Turtle, Clemmys insculpta.

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PublishedJune 15, 2011

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