Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle vs. Common Snapping Turtle

Common Snapping Turtles share the Suwannee basin's rivers and swamps. A: Three rows of high, knobby ridges in the Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle; three low ridges that wear smooth with age in the Common Snapping Turtle. B: A huge head with a hooked beak; eyes on the sides of the head in the Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle; eyes set high on the head, seen from above in the Common Snapping Turtle. SREL: the Common Snapping Turtle's tail has a saw-toothed crest the alligator snapper lacks; the alligator snapper has extra small plates along the sides of the shell. Both bite hard.

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