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Common Name:
Common Snapping Turtle

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Superclass:
Class: Reptilia
Subclass:
Order: Testudines
Suborder:
Infraorder:
Superfamily:
Family: Chelydridae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Species:
Chelydra serpentina

Hodges No:

Location:
Ridgewood Reservoir
Queens, NY
USA

Date: 9/8/07

Notes: 1 of 4 found heading toward the lake. about 1.5" long w/out tail

Chelydra serpentina Chelydridae
Common Snapping Turtle
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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