Common Snapping Turtle | 台北市立動物園資訊網

Description: Snapping turtles are widespread in Connecticut. Their ability to adapt to people and the states changing landscape has made them evolutionarily successful. Snapping turtles can even be found in polluted waters and urban wetlands, although populations in these habitats may not be robust.

Range: Snapping turtles range across the eastern United States to the Rocky Mountains, from southern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, and into Central America. They have been introduced in some western states.

Description: Connecticut’s largest freshwater turtle is easily recognized by its dark carapace (upper shell) with a deeply serrated back margin, and a small plastron (bottom shell) that does not completely cover all of the animals flesh. Three low keels (or ridges) on the carapace of younger turtles often become obscure as the turtle matures. The carap...