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Common Snapping Turtle

Chelydra serpentina

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 1,029, February 1,055, March 1,670, April 3,269, May 6,281, June 7,833, July 2,216, August 2,004, September 2,108, October 1,725, November 1,079, December 962.
United States86,688
Canada31,752
Ontario27,146
New York7,028
Texas6,843
Virginia5,764
Ohio5,014
North Carolina4,860
Maryland4,808
Massachusetts4,716

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Practical

  • BitingAdded by a member

Group and habits

  • MeanAdded by a member
  • Beady eyesAdded by a member
  • GreenAdded by a member
  • ScalyAdded by a member

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderTurtles and Tortoises · Testudines
FamilySnapping Turtles · Chelydridae
GenusTypical Snapping Turtles · Chelydra

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