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Snapping Turtle
(Chelydra serpentina)

Snapping Turtle

Family Chelydridae

Photo from Hammerson, 1986.
Used with permission.

Last Updated on January 20, 2000.

Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)   Range Map
Color Key
Description:
Up to 18" carapace length. Color dull brown to black. Rear of carapace saw-toothed. Head large, with hooked jaw.
Elevation Range:
Below 5500' in eastern Colorado.
Subspecies in Colorado:
Chelydra serpentina serpentina

Snapping Turtle
(Chelydra serpentina)
CountyRef. CountyRef. CountyRef. CountyRef.
AdamsRH1 Dolores  La Plata  Pitkin 
Alamosa  DouglasH Lake  ProwersBDW1
ArapahoeRHS1 Eagle  LarimerH PuebloH
Archuleta  El PasoH Las AnimasH Rio Blanco 
BacaH Elbert *  LincolnBDeS1 Rio Grande 
BentH FremontH LoganH Routt 
BoulderH Garfield  Mesa  Saguache 
Chaffee  Gilpin  Mineral  San Juan 
CheyenneH Grand  Moffat  San Miguel 
Clear Creek  Gunnison  Montezuma  Sedgwick * 
Conejos  Hinsdale  Montrose  Summit 
Costilla  Huerfano *  MorganH Teller * 
CrowleyDC10 Jackson  OteroH Washington * 
Custer *  JeffersonAn1 Ouray  WeldH
Delta  KiowaJH5 Park  YumaH
DenverH Kit CarsonH Phillips * 

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