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Basic information
Chelydra serpentina
Common Snapping Turtle
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderTerrapins
FamilySnapping Turtles
GenusTypical Snapping Turtles
- Czech name
- Kajmanka dravá
- English name
- Common Snapping Turtle
- Alternative names
- Common Snapper, Eastern Snapping Turtle, North American Snapping Turtle, Snapper, Snapping Turtle, Tartaruga-mordedora-comum, Tortuga Lagarto
- Synonyms
- Devisia mythodes, Chelydra emarginata, Chelydra lacertina, Chelydra osceola, Chelydra serpentina osceola, Testudo longicauda, Testudo serpentina
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Beach, Canal, City, Freshwater, Lake, Marine, Marsh, Mountain, River, Swamp, Waterfall, Wetland
- Microhabitat
- Aquatic, Ground, Hide, Mud, Sandy soil, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Carapace length
- max 500 mm
- Body mass
- max 35,000 g
- Hatchling mass
- max 12.2 g
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 50 years
- Activity
- Crepuscular, Diurnal, Nocturnal
- Diet
- Algae, Amphibians, Carrion, Eggs, Insects, Leaves, Mammals, Mollusks, Piscivore, Reptiles
- Foraging mode
- Active
- Body temperature
- ~24.5 °C
Reproduction and development
- Reproductive mode
- Oviparous
- Clutch size
- 25–80 individuals
- Sex determination
- Temperature-dependent sex determination
- Egg length
- ~29 mm
- Egg width
- ~25 mm
Health and safety
- Venomous
- No
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, eol traitbank, ReptTraits
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · TWRZ · COL26.10
- Original documentation
- eol traitbank · eol-2b1a6945e807cb8f26a5d28f00d1aab20ae38efbd77156a3c75f0e40e77d
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4