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Snapping Turtle

Chelydra serpentina

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Notes:

I believe this to be a large, female Snapping Turtle but am unsure. I found her and another one (later date) near the woods around the Orwell Dam, just outside Fergus Falls in Minnesota

Reference Links:

Common snapping turtle, http://people.wcsu.edu/pinout/herpetology/cserpentina/index.html

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PublishedApril 15, 2012

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