After some rain a few years ago this one made her nest in my yard (aka former pasture). Not really a good choice for location, but she didn't ask first. She was about the size of a dinner plate. That means she was smaller than what we call a snapping turtle in these parts, but a lot bigger than what we call 'land terrapins' or the common water turtles. She was a bit more colorful than the bigger ones we call 'snapping turtles' and wasn't very aggressive when the dog was pestering her. I wasn't sure what she was. But I'm not really sure about those we do call 'snapping turtles' either. Those tend to have a 'tent' shaped shell as opposed to the 'dome' shape seen here, but nothing like the Alligator Snapping Turtles. Could this one have just been a young 'Common'?
