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Common Snapping Turtle

Chelydra serpentina

Class
Reptile
Family
Chelydridae
Genus
Chelydra
Also known as
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Common Snapping Turtle research

478 published papers in the HerpAtlas library. Most cited below, or see the latest research →

Common Snapping Turtle natural history notes

Field and captive observations published in Herpetological Review's Natural History Notes. Each is a single observation, summarized by us, with a link to the original.

Agonistic behavior

Alien nesting

  • Diogo Dutra-Araújo · 2016 · Herpetological Review 47(3): 443 · Read the note

Anthropogenic mortality

Basking

  • Ruth M. Elsey and Steven G. Platt · 2021 · Herpetological Review 52(3): 628 · Read the note

Basking height

Behavior

  • 2022 · Herpetological Review 53(4): 664–665 · Read the note

  • David H. Klinges, Darrin M. Welchert, and Mark S. Mills · 2017 · Herpetological Review 48(2): 423–424 · Read the note

Cleaning symbiosis

Commensalism

  • Will Selman · 2013 · Herpetological Review 44(3): 501–503 · Read the note

Deformity

  • Suzanne M. Coombes and Christina M. Davy · 2010 · Herpetological Review 41(2): 213 · Read the note

Diet

  • Noah D. Gripshover · 2023 · Herpetological Review 54(2): 281 · Read the note

  • 2022 · Herpetological Review 53(2): 305–306 · Read the note

  • 2020 · Herpetological Review 51(1): 107–108 · Read the note

  • Erin L. Lewis and John B. Iverson · 2018 · Herpetological Review 49(3): 522–524 · Read the note

  • Andrew L. Adams and Hunter J. Howell · 2017 · Herpetological Review 48(1): 173–174 · Read the note

  • Drew R. Davis and Doug C. Backlund · 2017 · Herpetological Review 48(1): 174–175 · Read the note

  • 2013 · Herpetological Review 44(3): 500–501 · Read the note

Diet and foraging behavior

Diet and shelter

  • R. Michael Ogle and Bradley D. Moxley · 2018 · Herpetological Review 49(1): 105 · Read the note

Effects of water quality

  • Gavin Guest, Kevin Fouts, and Kristen K. Cecala · 2023 · Herpetological Review 54(1): 113–114 · Read the note

Entrapment

  • Ruth M. Elsey, Steven G. Platt, and Paul A. Stone · 2024 · Herpetological Review 55(4): 555–557 · Read the note

Fecundity

Feeding behavior

Feeding behavior and scavenging

  • Robert W. Burroughs, Zachary S. Morris, and Adam D. Marsh · 2014 · Herpetological Review 45(2): 321–322 · Read the note

Fencing threat

  • Gerard T. Salmon and Carl J. Franklin · 2021 · Herpetological Review 52(4): 841–842 · Read the note

Flatulence

Foraging behavior

Growth and maturity

  • John B. Iverson and Erin L. Lewis · 2019 · Herpetological Review 50(1): 119–120 · Read the note

Hatchling overwintering mortality

  • Constance L. Browne and Jan Riddell · 2021 · Herpetological Review 52(1): 125–126 · Read the note

Hatchling sounds

  • Gregory A. Geller · 2019 · Herpetological Review 50(4): 768–769 · Read the note

Hunting behavior

  • Christopher E. Smith and Gary S. Casper · 2015 · Herpetological Review 46(2): 241–242 · Read the note

Injury

  • Nelson Rodrigues Silva, Guilherme Dalponti, and Michele Fernandes Gonçalves · 2015 · Herpetological Review 46(2): 240 · Read the note

Interspecific basking

  • Keith Geluso, Terry J. Vandewalle, and Joshua G. Otten · 2022 · Herpetological Review 53(4): 666–667 · Read the note

  • James B. Layzer · 2014 · Herpetological Review 45(1): 117 · Read the note

Interspecific interactions

  • Philip A. Cochran · 2014 · Herpetological Review 45(2): 311–312 · Read the note

Longevity

  • Krista A. Larson, Cassidy L. Waldrep, Mark A. Davis, Jesús A. Loc Barragán, and John B. Iverson · 2024 · Herpetological Review 55(2): 248–250 · Read the note

Maximum size

  • Gerald R. Johnston, Eric C. Munscher, Jeremy S. Geiger, Cody D. Godwin, and Sam Cole · 2023 · Herpetological Review 54(4): 642–643 · Read the note

Morphology

Mortality

Movement and flood response

  • Pamela L. Rutherford and Christopher D. Malcolm · 2017 · Herpetological Review 48(3): 619–621 · Read the note

Nest inundation

Nest structure

Nesting aggregation

Nesting behavior and site selection

  • Richard M. Engeman · 2009 · Herpetological Review 40(1): 73–74 · Read the note

Nesting range expansion

Overland movement

  • Brett Hillman · 2025 · Herpetological Review 56(3): 314–316 · Read the note

Overwintering hatchlings

  • Michaela S. Bouffard · 2025 · Herpetological Review 56(1): 71 · Read the note

Parasites

Predation

  • 2022 · Herpetological Review 53(2): 306 · Read the note

  • Mark Winterstein and Alexander J. Robillard · 2020 · Herpetological Review 51(4): 826–827 · Read the note

  • 1998 · Herpetological Review 29(4): 235–236 · Read the note

Predatory encounter

  • Edward L. Ervin · 2019 · Herpetological Review 50(1): 120–121 · Read the note

Railroad mortality

  • Will Selman and Phillip Vasseur · 2015 · Herpetological Review 46(1): 78–79 · Read the note

Reproduction

Ritualized aggressive behavior

Scavenging

  • Aaron R. Krochmal, Nathan T. Simmons, and Travis J. Laduc · 2022 · Herpetological Review 53(4): 665–666 · Read the note

  • Steven G. Platt and Thomas R. Rainwater · 2018 · Herpetological Review 49(1): 105–106 · Read the note

Site fidelity and growth

  • Stanley E. Trauth · 2003 · Herpetological Review 34(3): 239–240 · Read the note

Stair climbing

State size record

Survival after injury

Unusual nesting behavior

Waterfowl predation

  • Patrick D. Moldowan · 2015 · Herpetological Review 46(1): 77 · Read the note

Winter drought refugia

Winter mortality

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