Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
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About Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
- Kingdom: Animals
- Phylum: Chordates
- Class: Reptiles
- Order: Turtles
- Family: Snapping Turtles
The common snapping turtle is a species of large freshwater turtle in the family Chelydridae. Its natural range extends from southeastern Canada, southwest to the edge of the Rocky Mountains, as far east as Nova Scotia and Florida. The present-day Chelydra serpentina population in the Middle Rio Grande suggests that the common snapping turtle has been present in this drainage since at least the seventeenth century and is likely native. The three species of Chelydra and the larger alligator snapping turtles are the only extant chelydrids, a family now restricted to the Americas. The common snapping turtle, as its name implies, is the most widespread.
Source: Wikipedia