October 27, 2007

The alligator snapping turtle (Mascrochelys temminckii) is one of the largest freshwater turtles in North America. The snapper, which may grow to as much as thirty inches in length, is just one of nineteen species and subspecies of turtles that can be seen in Arkansas. The strictly aquatic and mostly nocturnal turtle is rarely seen basking in the sun like so many others of the species.

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