Along these lines, Lauder & Prendergast (1992) used high-speed video recording to study feeding behaviour in Chelydra. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
In contrast to matamatas and other aquatic turtles that generate massive negative pressures and thereby employ suction to engulf prey, Chelydra is predominantly a ram-feeder that doesn’t generate negative pressure when it lunges. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
Conservation genetics of the Common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina). From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-02-01] Reference
Kinematics of aquatic prey capture in the snapping turtle Chelydra serpentina. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
So right now things are undecided, and Chelydra may or may not turn out to be polytypic. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-02-01] Reference
I photographed this large snapping turtle Chelydra serpentina in the C&O Canal last June. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-10-01] Reference
Chelydra likes to skulk in aquatic vegetation, though it also floats near the water surface. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
Phylogeographic uniformity in mitochondrial DNA of the snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina). From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-02-01] Reference
There we saw a beautiful Great Egret (Adrea alba), and a snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) coming up for air. From Wordnik.com. ["I'd rather be a forest than a street..."] Reference
Macroclemys, the alligator snapper, is altogether different from Chelydra in terms of what it does and what it can do. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
Like Chelydra, Macroclemys grabs crustaceans, worms, fish, frogs and snakes, and it also eats static prey like plants and clams. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
It is more dedicated to turtle-killing than Chelydra is, and well able to catch and kill turtles that are about as big as it is. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
They showed that Chelydra lunges and engulfs fish prey within 78 ms, with ‘peak head extension velocities of 152.5 cm per second’. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
Behavioral responses of hatchling painted turtles (Chrysemys picta) and snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina) at subzero temperatures. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-02-01] Reference
Intergradation of the snapping turtles Chelydra serpentina serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758) and Chelydra serpentina osceola Stejneger, 1918. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-02-01] Reference
Recall that the term ‘snapper’ refers specifically to Chelydra serpentina, and is never used for alligator snapper Macroclemys temminckii. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-02-01] Reference
The life and death of an urban Chelydra (snapping turtle). From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Bahamas set to ban catch and sale of sea turtles] Reference
The Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina) is a large freshwater turtle of the family Chelydridae. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to BP inks deal to save turtles from oil spill] Reference
Turns out the snapping turtle, or Chelydra serpentina, is the largest turtle native to Canada - that was no surprise. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
The plants, especially the trees and shrubs, growing in our days in the United States, are, as it were, old-fashioned; and the characteristic genera Lagomys, Chelydra, and the large Salamanders with permanent gills, that remind us of the fossils of. From Wordnik.com. [The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed] Reference
Wildlife HD High Definition Common snapping turtle The Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina) is a large freshwater turtle of the family Chelydridae. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Photown News] Reference
Predation of Radio-Marked Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) Ducklings by Eastern Snapping Turtles (Chelydra serpentina serpentina) and Western Fox Snakes (Pantherophis vulpinus) on the Upper Mississippi River. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
Huge Turtle at the San Diego Zoo the Best Animals Wildlife HD High Definition Common snapping turtle The Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina) is a large freshwater turtle of the family Chelydridae. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Photown News] Reference
Common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina). From Wordnik.com. [Reptile families] Reference
Turtle, Snapping Chelydra serpentine 94, 108. From Wordnik.com. [The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States] Reference
Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina). From Wordnik.com. [Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Alabama] Reference
Chelydra serpentina). From Wordnik.com. [UConn Advance Headlines] Reference
Hand of Chelydra. From Wordnik.com. [The Common Frog] Reference
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