Alligator Snapping Turtle

Description: English: Alligator snapping turtle wizard familiar named "Pondboss". Date:. Source: Own work. Author: Geomike9.

Description: English: Alligator snapping turtle. Date: 8 May 2011. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tinali778/5752476080/. Author: Tina Li.

Description: English: Macrochelys temminckii zoologic Madrid (Spain) year 2010 Español: Macrochelys temminckii, Zoologico de Madrid (España) Año 2010. Date: 1 April 2010. Source: Own work. Author: Vicente.niclos.

Description: Macrochelys temminckii, Philadelphia Zoo Deutsch: Geierschildkröte im Philadelphia Zoo. English: Alligator Snapping Turtle at Philadelphia Zoo. Date: 18 February 2007. Source: Own work. Author: Mark Pellegrini. Permission (Reusing this file): Own work, share alike, attribution required (Creative Commons CC-BY-SA-2.5). : This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.:. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 CC BY-SA 2.5 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 truetrue.

Description: English: Alligator snapping turtle. Date: 25 November 2014. Source: Own work. Author: SvartDjup.

Description: English: Alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii). Date: Unknown dateUnknown date. Source: : This image originates from the National Digital Library of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service at this page This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.See Category:Images from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.. Author: Gary M. Stolz/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Description: An Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) at The Swamp exhibit of the Steinhart Aquarium of the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. Date: 15 April 2009. Source: Own work. Author: BrokenSphere. Permission (Reusing this file): Photo taken by User:BrokenSphere and released under the following license(s). You may use it for any purpose as long as you credit me and follow the terms of the license you choose. Example: © BrokenSphere / Wikimedia Commons If you use this image outside of the Wikimedia projects, please let me know. Where source attribution is required, you may link to this image page.

Description: An Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) at The Swamp exhibit of the Steinhart Aquarium of the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. Date: 15 April 2009. Source: Own work. Author: BrokenSphere. Permission (Reusing this file): Photo taken by User:BrokenSphere and released under the following license(s). You may use it for any purpose as long as you credit me and follow the terms of the license you choose. Example: © BrokenSphere / Wikimedia Commons If you use this image outside of the Wikimedia projects, please let me know. Where source attribution is required, you may link to this image page.

Description: English: The front of an alligator turtle on a white background. Date: 4 August 2009, 14:53:42. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/trainor/3828047747/. Author: John Trainor.

Description: Macrochelys temminckii Troost, 1835 - alligator snapping turtle (captive, Newport Aquarium, Newport, Kentucky, USA). This large, heavy, freshwater aquatic turtle is a ambush hunter. It lies still on a substrate and uses a bright pink-colored, worm-like structure on its tongue to attract potential prey, such as fish. The jaws of this animal are exceedingly powerful. Classification: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Reptilia, Anapsida, Chelonia, Chelydridae The turtles & tortoises (chelonians) are an ancient group of reptiles that have a Triassic to Holocene stratigraphic record. Turtles are most easily recognized by their shell - some forms can retract the head & limbs into the shell when threatened, while other species cannot. Their overall body plan has changed very little since the Triassic - a great example of conservative evolution. Chelonians occur in terrestrial, freshwater, brackish-water, and marine settings. Date: 14 May 2006, 14:19. Source: Macrochelys temminckii (alligator snapping turtle) 1. Author: James St. John.

Description: English: Alligator Snapping Turtle. Date: 2014. Source: Own work. Author: SvartDjup.

Description: Alligator Snapping Turtle, Macrochelys temminckii, hand-colored lithograph, "J.H. Richard del.". Date: 1842. Source: North American herpetology; or, A description of the reptiles inhabiting the United States. , modified from Biodiversity Heritage Library. Author: Holbrook, John Edwards, 1794-1871 (English Wikipedia). Permission(Reusing this file): public domain--old.

Recent flooding meant high water had closed many of my usual spots along Econfina Creek. Fortunately, Blue Springs stayed open, and even though on some days the water was silty, it never browned out. Luckily, I ran into this not so common snapping turtle on a few occasions over the end of September into October.During my initial encounter, it was early in the morning and my camera was having trouble focusing in the low light. To complicate things, in about 8 foot of water, with nothing to hold onto, I couldn't get down close to get an intimate portrait without spooking it. Still, not bad for a first shot, all things considered.Alligator Snapping Turtle Macrochelys temminckii Blue Springs Recreation Area Econfina Creek Water Management Area Northwest Florida Water Management District Washington County, FloridaOlympus OM-D E-M5 Mark IIOlympus 14-42mm II R LensPT-EP13 Underwater Housing, PPZR-EP02 Lens Port & 14-42mm Zoom Gear21 September 2021

I think that tads safe, Gamera has other things on his mind.Alligator Snapping Turtle Macrochelys temminckii (AKA Apalachicola Alligator Snapping Turtle M. Apalachicolae)Blue Springs Recreation Area Econfina Creek Water Management Area Northwest Florida Water Management District Washington County, FloridaOlympus OM-D E-M5 Mark IIOlympus 14-42mm II R LensPT-EP13 Underwater Housing, PPZR-EP02 Lens Port & 14-42mm Zoom Gear7 October 2021Phil's 1stPix Instagram Phil's 1stpix InstagramPhil's 1stPix on iNaturalist-Observation Map iNaturalist: ObservationsPhil's 1stPix on iNaturalist- Species Grid iNaturalist: Species

After running into this monster days earlier, I had been hoping we would meet up again. Luckily, it came out of hiding again, but unfortunately flooding hampered visibility.Alligator Snapping Turtle Macrochelys temminckii (AKA Apalachicola Alligator Snapping Turtle M. Apalachicolae)Blue Springs Recreation Area Econfina Creek Water Management Area Northwest Florida Water Management District Washington County, FloridaOlympus OM-D E-M5 Mark IIOlympus 14-42mm II R LensPT-EP13 Underwater Housing, PPZR-EP02 Lens Port & 14-42mm Zoom Gear7 October 2021