DFW HERPS

Macrochelys temminckii

Alligator Snapping Turtle

 
     

ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLE Macroclemys temminckii (Harlan, 1835) 

STATUS:  Very rare

DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Collin 

HABITAT:  Trinity River Bottoms

COMMENTS: One specimen turned up below the dam of Lake Lavon in the East Fork of the Trinity River.