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Alligator Snapping Turtle

Macrochelys temminckii

Description:

large turtle with large shell clawed webbed feet and hands long tail and big head for eating fish. there is a big jaw with a serrated beak

Habitat:

big rivers to a small creek. lives in holes in the mud.

Notes:

found in Mason Ohio in the Muddy Creek.

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1 Comment

Neil Ross
Neil Ross 4 years ago

Awesome. I didn't realise they had such a long tail.

cfuson
Spotted by
cfuson

Mason, Ohio, USA

Spotted on Aug 19, 2019
Submitted on Apr 3, 2020

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