Common Snapping Turtle

3D Model

The common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) is a large freshwater turtle of the family Chelydridae. Its natural range extends from southeastern Canada, southwest to the edge of the Rocky Mountains, as far east as Nova Scotia and Florida. This turtle species is noted for its combative disposition when out of the water with its powerful beak-like jaws, and highly mobile head and neck (hence the specific name serpentina, meaning “snake-like”). In water, they are likely to flee and hide themselves underwater in sediment.

This specimen was donated to the Nature Lab by Whitefoord Russell Cole III

Accession number: 121.23

Captured by Vija Lietuvninkas (MID ‘25) and Elise Williams (Sculpture ‘25) with an Artec Spider 3D Scanner https://www.artec3d.com/portable-3d-scanners/artec-spider-v2