New turtles!

[turtlebrad]

Well i got jeffery(my yellow belly slider) some new friends! Ones a red belly cooter (cuda) the other is a female aligator turtle! Yet to name, they are getting along great and already eating! So excited.

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All three





Just cuda




Jeffery




And debbie

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Not debbie, xena

 

[adamlikesbananas]

Why are you keeping a snapping turtle in a tank with other turtles?????? It could seriously hurt your other turtles.

 

[turtlebrad]

The snapping turtle was sold to me from a breader and she has been with many other turtles and held and around people very offten. She accualy the sweetest turtle i have.

 

[RedfootsRule]

Snapping turtles are friendly turtles, contrary to popular belief, but don't be surprised when your mix here doesn't work. By the way, that is chelydra serpentine (common snapping turtle), not Macrochelys temminckii (alligator snapping turtle). Macrochelys has a much more triangular head, ridged eye-brows, more ridges to the shell, etc.

 

[turtlebrad]

Doesnt seam to be, but alright.

 

[Gerards]

Snapping turtles are friendly turtles, contrary to popular belief, but don't be surprised when your mix here doesn't work. By the way, that is chelydra serpentine (common snapping turtle), not Macrochelys temminckii (alligator snapping turtle). Macrochelys has a much more triangular head, ridged eye-brows, more ridges to the shell, etc.

Definitely not a gator.

 

[RedfootsRule]

Could also be serpentina osceala, but the distinguishment is almost impossible to make with a baby....

 

[theTurtleRoom]

Could also be serpentina osceala, but the distinguishment is almost impossible to make with a baby....

and osceola is only recognized as a geographic variation at the current time. So, taxonomically speaking, it is definitely a common snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina

 

[turtlebrad]

I didnt know that a normal snapping turtle had a long tail and spikes on there shell.

 

[RedfootsRule]

Could also be serpentina osceala, but the distinguishment is almost impossible to make with a baby....

and osceola is only recognized as a geographic variation at the current time. So, taxonomically speaking, it is definitely a common snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina

We seem to always have different information. Anything I see recognizes the florida as a sub-species; although, I myself have a hard time believing it being that there isn't even as much difference between florida and common as there is between a cherry head and northern red foot....
Thats just what I've seen them called .

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I didnt know that a normal snapping turtle had a long tail and spikes on there shell.

They most certainly do, as hatchlings. However, commons loose a lot of the spikes on there shell with age. Or at least they become less defined...

 

[theTurtleRoom]

The Florida only stopped being recognized as a subspecies I think in 2010. So most literature, except the very newest, will show it.

As with anything in this field, there are varying opinions on how valid things are.

 

[RedfootsRule]

Interesting.

 

[terryo]

This is a common snapping turtle that was hatched from eggs in my yard, and we released this Sept.

I love the look of your tank. Very natural looking.

 

[turtlebrad]

Might be a common snapping then. Ohh well i love her eater way

 

[kathyth]

Very cute collection of turtles.
I would not own a snapping turtle,personally, because they grow up and I would be afraid of it.
Very cute!!


Nice basking rocks

 

[Anthony P]

She accualy the sweetest turtle i have.

Not for long. Just a warning. Common Snapping Turtles love to eat tails in community situations. It will happen.

That looks like a what used to be a Florida Snapper, to me. The carapace coloration and markings on the head are consistent with hatchlings I've seen. Just a hunch though, as hatchlings can vary quite a bit it pigmentation and markings.

Definitely not Macrochelys though. I hope the breeder didn't lie to you.

 

[turtlebrad]

Cuda (red belly cooter) is accualy the meanest, snipes at the others from time to time.