Alligator Snapping Turtle

Alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) caught in the White River at Guion (Izard County). The turtle was later donated to the Little Rock Zoo.

Four smiling white men showing off a large snapping turtle with a rope tied to its tail

Courtesy of Becky Falkowski

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Time Period

World War II through the Faubus Era (1941 - 1967)

Type

Thing

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