Common Snapping Turtle - Las Cruces Museum of Natural History






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Size - 8 - 18.5 inches (20 - 47 cm). Its relative, the alligator snapping turtle, averages about 26 inches (66cm). Habitat and Range - Found in freshwater habitats, on the bottom of a deep pool or in shallow water buried in the mud. Its range extends from eastern North America to the Rocky Mountains, and south into Mexico and Ecuador. Diet - An omnivore, including aquatic plants, fish, frogs, rodents, insects, crayfish, clams, snails, salamanders, snakes, birds, and small mammals. Did you know? - When it seizes prey larger than itself, it may drag it under water to drown it. Classification - Phylum Chordata, Class Reptilia, Order Testudines NM Status - Common, Native.

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