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Chelydra serpentina
These new hatchlings are about the size of a silver dollar. They melted into marsh before my eyes!
Spotted on Aug 31, 2013
Submitted on Aug 31, 2013
3 Comments
@okiegirl I know these are C. serpentina because they hatched from a clutch I had the pleasure of watching the mother lay. Also, we are far too north of C. temminckii's range. I wish we had them though, I love those guys!
@Apple Good eye! We ended up releasing eleven hatchlings there as they collected in front of our door...
I see the last picture has four of them.
That looks more like an alligator snapping turtle hatchling.
http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&ne...