'Spring Snapping Turtle on Vermont Farm' Photograph by Ryan Van Meter

Spring Snapping Turtle on Vermont Farm

4 May 2011

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Pawlet, Vermont, USA

Common Snapping Turtle

Chelydra serpentina
iNaturalist Observation
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