If your turtle is a snapping turtle than naming him/her 'Snappy', will be quite snappy of you.
yes; there is also an alligator snapping turtle
aligator snapping turtle
Usually Snapping Turtle is used for turtle soup.
Aligator snapping turtles and regular snapping turtles can be told apart by the tail on the aligator snapping turtle, which is longer with jagged spines. Its tail resembles an aligators thus the name aligator snapping turtle. It also has a more defined shell when its young so it will have larger looking spines than a regular snapping turtle. Hope this helps. Common snapping turtles have a pinkish mouth and alligater snapping turtles have brownish mouth
the phylum for the snapping turtle is Chordata
Macroclemys temminck
There are two extant species of the family Chelydridae: Chelydra serpentina, the Common Snapping Turtle, and its larger relative Macrochelys temminckii, the Alligator Snapping Turtle (although the monotypic Asian genus Platysternon has at times been included in this group). Both are endemic to the Western Hemisphere.
Gulf snapping turtle was created in 1994.
Yes. Adult snapping turtles will eat baby snapping turtles.
If snapping turtles have salt the tongue of the snapping turtle will dry out and the turtle will have no interest to eat.
Yes, there is a species of an alligator snapping turtle. sammi was here!