Reptile & Amphibian Forums

this is a WC snapper, I was wondering who has big common snappers post some pics

My female common is 10 years old, and her carapace is 11 inches.

heres my male. hes 3 years old about and bout 9 1/2 inch carapace.

He's looking good. We could get some good hatchlings if we paired our turtles up. What locality did he come from?

my boy is of NY blood orgin. He's my favorite turtle. He's got so much personality.

mine is from NY too. do you live in NY? if so where bouts I'm in oswego county

Actually, I live around Cleveland, OH. I got him there during a vacation up there. Rescued the poor thing, and well he's thriving to say the least.

thats good, did you rescue him from the road, they are all over the road around here during nesting season

yeah. he was by a road along a bike trail. Also, they was no water anywhere near. He was all dried up and so I felt bad for him.

I think I've posted this picture before. I pulled this big fellow out of a lake in northern Minnesota, along the Canadian border. And yes, I let him go. I didn't measure him but I guess he was at least 12" long.

-----
Martin Whalin
My Email

Quotes from guys named Carl:

"Science stops at the frontier of logic. Nature does not, she thrives on ground as yet untrodden by theory."
-Carl Jung

"It is foolish to let singleness of purpose deprive one of the joy and delectation of the many wonderful sights and sounds incidental to the quest."
-Carl Kauffeld