Many individuals can be found within a small range snapping turtle density is normally related to the amount of available food. Social interactions are limited to aggressive interactions between individuals, usually males. Snapping turtles are not social creatures. Status: captivity 17.8 years Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research In captivity they can live up to 47 years. Once they reach a certain size there are few natural predators of snapping turtles, though they are often hit by cars when searching for new ponds or nesting sites.

Snapping turtles are most vulnerable as hatchlings. In the wild snapping turtles are estimated to live up to 30 years. Snapping turtle necks, legs, and tails have a yellowish color and the head is dark in color. Plastrons of snapping turtles are very small and leave much of the extremities exposed. Snapping turtles have characteristic tubercles on their necks and legs. The shell ranges in color from dark brown to tan and can even be black in some individuals. The snapping turtle normally has a shell length ranging from 8 -18 1/2'and has a tail nearly as long as the shell. They prefer water bodies with muddy bottoms and abundant vegetation because concealment is easier. Snapping turtles only live in fresh or brackish water. Alberta and east to Nova Scotia in the north, extending south all the way to the Gulf of Mexico and into central Texas. The snapping turtle's range stretches from S.

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