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Chelydra serpentina  (Snapping Turtle)

Photo of Chelydra serpentina by Robb Bennett
© Robb Bennett (Photo ID #43801)

Photographer's Submitted Details

Photo Location "Coopers Drive", Big Rideau Lake area, Lanark Co., ON Photographer Robb Bennett
Habitat nest site in middle of one-lane gravel track
Photo Date June 02, 2013 Upload Date July 01, 2013
Elevation (m) 140
UTM Zone # Latitude
UTM Easting Longitude
UTM Northing Photo ID # 43801
Notes lat long - 44 44 22.92N 76 17 14.70W, typical fate of snapper nesting site in eastern Ontario -- destroyed by racoons, or skunks. This nest was in middle of "Cooper Drive", a private 1-lane track between Narrows Lock Road and Big Rideau North Shore Rd which traverses a wonderful typical eastern Ontario "ridge and valley" area of thin soils, rock outcrops, mixed woodlands, and extensive beaver pond wetlands.


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