Chelydra serpentina  (Snapping Turtle)

© Robb Bennett (Photo ID #43800)

Photographer's Submitted Details

Photo Location	Black Creek at Miners Pt Road, Big Rideau Lk, Lanark Co., ON
Photographer	Robb Bennett
Habitat	shallow topsoil with crumbling calcitic rocks adjacent to Black Creek beaver pond wetlands
Photo Date	June 02, 2013
Upload Date	July 01, 2013
Elevation (m)	134
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Photo ID #	43800
Comments	lat long - 44 44 57.22N 76 16 32.79W, typical nesting site -- used for many years by snappers, immediately adjacent to Black Creek (a large wetland area) where it is crossed by Miners Point Rd. Nests at this site are almost always destroyed by racoons, occasionally by skunks