Chelydra serpentina (Common Snapping Turtle)
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COMMON
SNAPPING TURTLE
Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758)
STATUS: Common
LOCALITIES OBSERVED: Collin
Co.: Lakeland Park near
Lake Lavon, 2 mi NE of Copeville, 1.0 mi WSW Blue Ridge in Pilot Grove
Creek, and .5 mi W of East Fork Park on Wilson Rd. near Lake Lavon;
Dallas Co.: White
Rock Lake, Glen Lake Country Club Lake, Seagoville area, Coombs Creek,
Spring Creek area N of Garland, and Midway and Spring Valley Rd;
Kaufman Co.: 3.1
mi N Tx 243 on FM 981; Parker
Co.: 5.4 mi N of Tx 171
on US 377 and 2 mi W of FM 1884 on Horseshoe Bend Rd;
Tarrant Co.: River
Legacy Parks in NW Arlinton, Walnut Creek near Benbrook, Lake Worth, Lake
Arlington, Marine Creek Lake, Bear Creek at Benbrook Lake, creeks in
Arlington, and creeks in Euless; Wise
Co.: .5 mi S of Montague in Denton Creek
DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Collin,
Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hood, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Somervell, Tarrant, and Wise
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