common snapping turtle
chelydra serpentina latin

It is often associated with, but not closely related to the common snapping turtle.

Currently no subspecies of the common snapping turtle are recognized.

The common snapping turtle is not an ideal pet.

The safest way to pick up a common snapping turtle is holding it by its plastron.

In New York (outside its native range), the most common predators of cygnets are common snapping turtles.

Unlike the common snapping turtle, to which the name is sometimes erroneously applied, it has a scaly head and many small scales beneath the tail.

Local wildlife includes painted turtles, common snapping turtles, frogs, humming birds and herons.

The Common Snapping Turtle can be found in the spring nesting in sandy areas of the preserve.

Herpetofauna include lizards, water moccasins, salamanders, red-eared sliders and common snapping turtles.

Center Exhibit: Chinese alligators, red-eared sliders, common snapping turtles.

The common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) is a large freshwater turtle of the family Chelydridae.

Chelydra serpentina , Common snapping turtle (North America)

Cooter, a non-standard name for the Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)

Chelydra serpentina (Common Snapping Turtle)

The Common Snapping Turtle is remarkably cold-tolerant; radiotelemetry studies have shown that some individuals do not hibernate, but remain active under the ice during the winter.

As of 2007, there is a fully preserved Common Snapping Turtle named Emily with two heads at the Science Museum of Minnesota.

The park is home to many reptile species including several kinds of snakes, turtles (including common snapping turtles), frogs, the common toad and several kinds of salamanders.

The animals ambassadors on this floor include the Beaver, the Common Snapping Turtle, the Northern Water Snakes and local fish found in Northern Ontario Lakes.

This species and the larger alligator snapping turtle are the only two species in this family found in North America (though the common snapping turtle, as its name implies, is much more widespread).

Common snapping turtles sometimes bask-though rarely observed-by floating on the surface with only their carapace exposed, though in the northern parts of their range they will also readily bask on fallen logs in early spring.

In 2002 and again in 2006 the area was in the national news for first sightings and later the capture of a Common Snapping Turtle, which is not native to the area and is considered somewhat dangerous.

This species and the larger Alligator Snapping Turtle are both widely referred to as snapping turtles or snappers (though the Common Snapping Turtle, as its name implies, is much more widespread overall).

Lake Ilo NWR is also home to 3 species of amphibians and 6 species of reptiles including the Tiger Salamander, Common Snapping Turtle, Bull Snake and the Chorus Frog.

It is a common misconception that common snapping turtles may be safely picked up by the tail with no harm to the animal; in fact, this has a high chance of injuring the turtle, especially the tail itself and the vertebral column.

Other reptiles and amphibians found along the edges of the salt marshes and nearby bodies of water include the green frog, bullfrog, pickerel frog, spotted turtle, painted turtle, northern water snake, and Common snapping turtle.

The common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) is a large freshwater turtle of the family Chelydridae.

Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)

Cooter, a non-standard name for the Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)

Snapping turtles Chelydra serpentina and wall lizards Podarcis muralis also survive nominal freezing but it has not been established to be adaptive for overwintering.