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Chelydra serpentina
Common Snapping Turtle, North American Snapping Turtle, Snapping Turtle
Rock Creek Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:

Scientific Name with Authority:		Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
Park Synonyms:		Chelydra serpentina serpentina

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Testudines, Suborder Cryptodira, Family Chelydridae, Genus Chelydra, Species Chelydra serpentina


Seasonality Tags:
Breeder


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G4G5
NatureServe State Rank:		DC: S5
Evidence:		2 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 1 Data Store References, 0 External Links


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Blue Ridge Parkway	Canaveral National Seashore
Cape Cod National Seashore	Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Cape Lookout National Seashore	Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park	Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Congaree National Park	Cowpens National Battlefield
Cumberland Island National Seashore	Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Effigy Mounds National Monument	Fire Island National Seashore
First State National Historical Park	Fort Caroline National Memorial
Fort Laramie National Historic Site	Fort Larned National Historic Site
Fort Necessity National Battlefield	Friendship Hill National Historic Site
George Washington Birthplace National Monument	George Washington Memorial Parkway
Grand Portage National Monument	Great Falls Park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
Gulf Islands National Seashore	Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park	Horseshoe Bend National Military Park
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve	Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park	Kings Mountain National Military Park
Little River Canyon National Preserve	Mammoth Cave National Park
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park	Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
Minute Man National Historical Park	Missouri National Recreational River
Morristown National Historical Park	Natchez Trace Parkway
National Mall and Memorial Parks	Ninety Six National Historic Site
Niobrara National Scenic River	Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park
Piscataway Park	Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park	San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
Shenandoah National Park	Shiloh National Military Park
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore	Stones River National Battlefield
Theodore Roosevelt National Park	Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve
Wind Cave National Park


Last Modified Date:	12/3/2015

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 11/4/2025 7:52:18 AM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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