Common Snapping Turtle
Chelydra serpentina
Photo by W. Anderson
Description: The snapping turtle is the largest freshwater turtle in North Carolina. It has a very large head, a long neck, and a long tail, which is saw-toothed along the top.
Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
With powerful jaws and a fearless attitude, American snapping turtles tend to feed on almost anything that
crosses their path.
Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina serpentina)
Snapping turtles are large turtles and may weigh up to nearly 50 pounds. The carapace may exceed 17 inches long and is usually brown. The plastron is small and cross-shaped.
Common Snapping Turtle Species Profile
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Common snapping turtles become dormant during the winter. Quite often, they bury themselves into muddy bottoms of ponds for long periods of time.
Common Snapping Turtle
Wisconsin status: common but declining
This turtle is long on tail, but short on temper. The common snapping turtle is Wisconsin's largest and heaviest turtle species.
Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
Identification: Broad gray, brown, or olive (often algae covered) carapace with jagged rear edge. Plastron small, cross shaped. Tail very long, topped with row of large triangular scales.
scutes is completely absent in the Common Snapping Turtle. If visible during defensive displays, the tongue of the Common Snapping Turtle is flat and fleshy, while that of the Alligator Snapping Turtle has a worm-like lure.
Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii)
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Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina serpentina. Common statewide. A large aquatic turtle of a wide variety of permanently aquatic habitats. Lowest Conservation Concern.
The common snapping turtle is the largest turtle in Ohio. Large specimens may weigh more than 35 pounds and have a carapace more than 14 inches long.
The Common Snapping Turtle, Chelydra serpentina serpentina, is found in fresh water bodies throughout the panhandle. It has a gray brown to brown shell with either low bumps or a jagged hind edge.
Subspecies The subspecies found in Minnesota is the common snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina serpentina. Range Statewide. Habitat The snapping turtle is found wherever permanent water exists.
The common snapping turtle, or snapper (Chelydra serpentina), is found from SE and S central Canada to NE South America. The adult is often over 18 in. (45 cm) long and weighs over 30 lb (14 kg); some specimens weigh twice as much.
Puppy Love: Strangely enough, the Common Snapping turtle, when raised in captivity from a hatchling, can sometimes become extremely docile and devoted to its owner.
Alligator snapping turtles and common snapping turtles have a very different looking appearances. The alligator snapping turtle has a long head and almost spiky shell, where the common snapping turtle has a more rounded head and a smoother shell.
Closeup head-on view of a common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina), taken near the St. Lawrence River in northern New York State
In culture
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Common Snapping Turtle
-SQUAMATA - SAURIA (LIZARDS)
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An alligator snapping turtle (Macroclemys temminckii) was found in a garden of private house, Hiroshima-shi, 12 October 1999. It is said that common snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina serpentina) reproduce in Chiba Prefecture.
 See also: Snapping Turtle, Turtle, Shell, Painted Turtle, Reptile
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