Florida Snapping Turtle

One of these three turtles.
Florida snapping turtle. They have a spiked shell and heavy jaw. More about the creature. The reptile has been called the dinosaur of the turtle world according to national geographic. The common snapping turtle chelydra serpentina is a large freshwater turtle of 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 three species of chelydra and the larger alligator snapping turtles genus macrochelys are the only extant chelydrids a family now restricted to the.
We d even go so far as to say that it would take an experienced reptile enthusiast to be able to distinguish between the two. Common snapping turtle vs. Formerly the alligator snapping turtle macrochelys temminckii was considered a single wide ranging species that extended from the suwannee river drainage west into texas the fwc wrote. An alligator snapping turtle was recently discovered in florida.
Florida snappers and common snappers are extremely similar in appearance. Researchers said the turtle is a new species known formally as. Three massive snapping turtles were found in florida with one weighing 100 pounds. The biggest ever snapping turtle weighing 100 pounds was caught last week by stunned wildlife conservationists in a florida river.
Alligator snapping turtles which are apparently a thing are the largest freshwater turtles in the country. In florida wildlife conservationists captured three suwannee alligator snapping turtles last week that looks like they came out straight from a movie about monsters. Presently under rule 68a 27 005 of the florida administrative code it is illegal to take possess or sell the alligator snapping turtle as it is a protected species.