Common snapping turtle

Chelydra serpentina · Chelydridae

The common snapping turtle is a species of large, freshwater turtles 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 C.

Where the Common snapping turtle lives

Recorded in United States of America and Canada (North America).

Most records fall in Ontario, Texas, Florida, New York, Ohio and North Carolina.

See the Common snapping turtle’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 92,532 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.