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Snapping Turtle
Chelydra serpentina
Snapping Turtles,
named for their large, powerful jaws, can grow to 19 inches (carapace length) and weigh up to 45 pounds in the wild. Snapping
turtles are mostly aquatic, but are often seen in the spring/early summer on land or crossing roadways to nest.
These nests are often destroyed by raccoons.
Snapping turtles
will eat pretty much anything that fits in their mouths, but plant matter makes up about half of their diet. Adult snappers
don't have many predators, but are still harvested (and farmed) by people for their meat here and abroad.
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Specimen #6
Date: August 2004
Location: Dover Plains, NY
Notes: Nest was uncovered during excavation.
27 out of 29 eggs hatched about a month later.
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Specimen #71
Date: May 23, 2009
Location: Yorktown, NY
Notes: Good sized Turtle Eating a Bullfrog.
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Specimen #229
Date: May 26, 2012
Location: Chappaqua, NY
Notes: Female, approx 30lbs, looking to
nest.
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