Snapping Turtle

Snapping Turtle

Chelydra serpentina

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Badlands National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Snapping Turtle at Badlands National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Congaree National Park 🇺🇸 United States
40–50%
2 Point Pelee National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
30–40%
3 Acadia National Park 🇺🇸 United States
20–30%
4 Shenandoah National Park 🇺🇸 United States
20–30%
5 Great Smoky Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
6 Everglades National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
7 Voyageurs National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
8 Badlands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
9 Riding Mountain National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data
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