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Common Snapping Turtle

Chelydra serpentina

Photo by andrew.pitek
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Field Notes

Notes:

This guy came out of our pond and decided to hangout under our swing!

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Common snapping turtle

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
ForestDragon
Cool, guess he was looking for a place to chill.
andrew.pitek
Oh it was definitely a male, I ID'd it myself (the vent on the tail was not close to the shell). And it wasn't as large, about a 15 inch long shell...
ForestDragon
It could have been a female looking for a place to lay eggs. Was the turtle very large?
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PublishedAugust 2, 2012

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