#common snapping turtles

[antiqueanimals]

Life in a Pond. Illustrated by Marjorie Hartwell. 1967.

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Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. Volume 6: Reptiles. Written by Bernard Grzimek. 1984. Illustration by Helmut Diller.

1.) Common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina)

2.) Alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii)

3.) Hickatee (Dermatemys mawii)

4.) Scorpion mud turtle (Kinosternon scorpioides)

5.) Big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum)

6.) Narrow-bridged musk turtle (Claudius angustatus)

7.) Common musk turtle (Sternotherus odoratus)

8.) Mexican musk turtle (Staurotypus triporcatus)

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Hunting Adventures, Spring 1956, via MensPulpMags.com. Oh, 50s men's magazines. My snapping turtle is ever-so-cuddly. I can't quite understand why all you manly men keep having turtle problems.

(Let this be a warning to would-be hunters. Skip it, else risk pissing off a herd of snapping turtles.)