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The common snapping turtle, as its name implies, is the most widespread. [4] The common snapping turtle is noted for its combative disposition when out of the water with its powerful beak-like jaws, and highly mobile head and neck (hence the specific epithet serpentina, meaning "snake-like"). In water, it is likely to flee and hide underwater ...
These snapping turtle hatchlings were recently seen emerging from their nest in the Minnesota Valley Wildlife Refuge outside of Minneapolis. “These baby common snappers were recently spotted ...
Common snapping turtle: Chelydra serpentina: Least concern: Length of 8–14 inches (20–36 cm); weight of 10–35 pounds (4.5–15.9 kg); shell color varies from tan to black [35] Common musk turtle: Sternotherus odoratus: Least concern introduced Smooth softshell turtle: Apalone mutica: Least concern: Red-eared slider: Trachemys scripta elegans
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The alligator snapping turtle is the largest freshwater turtle in the world and can live up to 70 years. It is black or dark brown, and their shell is thick with pronounced spikes. Its beak-like ...
Central American mud turtle; Central American snapping turtle; Chrysemys; Chrysemys picta; Common box turtle; Common snapping turtle; Cora mud turtle; Creaser's mud turtle; Cuatro Ciénegas slider; Cuatro Cienegas softshell; Cuban slider
A massive snapping turtle lounging on a bed of rusty chains in the Chicago River has won hearts on the internet after a viral video circulated Twitter.
The extant genera are the snapping turtles, Chelydra and Macrochelys. Both are endemic to the Western Hemisphere . The extinct genera are Acherontemys , Chelydrops , Chelydropsis , Emarginachelys , Macrocephalochelys , Planiplastron , and Protochelydra .