![A snapping turtle crosses a road](https://will.illinois.edu/images/uploads/36374/turtle_road_web__medium.jpg)
![A snapping turtle crosses a road](https://will.illinois.edu/images/uploads/36374/turtle_road_web__medium.jpg)
![A snapping turtle crosses a road](https://will.illinois.edu/images/uploads/36374/turtle_road_web__medium.jpg)
Appreciating Common Snapping Turtles
Two kinds of snapping turtles occur in North America, and both can be found in Illinois.
![Ethan Kessler draws blood from an alligator snapping turtle just before releasing it](https://will.illinois.edu/images/uploads/36499/turtle_with_vet_web__medium.jpg)
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