Appreciating Common Snapping Turtles
Two kinds of snapping turtles occur in North America, and both can be found in Illinois.
Alligator snapping turtles reintroduced in southern Illinois
Illinois marks the northern limit of the range of the Alligator Snapping Turtle, but the Illinois Natural History Survey recently reintroduced 97 of these large freshwater turtles into a creek in southwestern Illinois