Eastern Mud Turtle vs. Common Snapping Turtle

A young Snapping Turtle can be as small as a Mud Turtle. An Eastern Mud Turtle has a smooth, plain shell and a large lower shell with two hinges. A Common Snapping Turtle has three low ridges down its shell, a huge head, a long saw-toothed tail and a small, cross-shaped lower shell with lots of skin showing.

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