Chelydra serpentina

Bishop CA, Lean DR, Brooks RJ, Carey JH, Ng P. 1995b. Chlorinated hydrocarbons in early life stages of the common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina serpentina) from a coastal wetland on Lake Ontario, Canada. Environ Toxicol Chem 14 421 26. 

Bishop CA, Ng P, Pettit KE, Kennedy SW, Stegeman JJ, Norstrom RJ, Brooks RJ. 1998. Environmental contamination and developmental abnormalities in eggs and hatchlings of the common snapping turtle Chelydra serpentina serpentina) from the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River basin (1989-91). Environ Pollut 101 143-56. 

Golet WJ, Haines TA. 2001. Snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina) as monitors for mercury contamination of aquatic environments. Environ Monit Assess 71 211-220. 

Snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina-, Big River, Missouri (contaminated with lead mine tailings of 1000-3000 mg Pb/kg tailings) vs. reference site ... 

Overmann, S.R. and J.J. Krajicek. 1995. Snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina) as biomonitors of lead contamination of the Big River in Missouri s old lead belt. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 14 689-695. Osweiler, G.D. and G.A. Van Gelder. 1978. Epidemiology of lead poisoning in animals. Pages 143-177 in F.W. Oehme (ed.). Toxicity of Heavy Metals in the Environment. Part 1. Marcel Dekker, NY. 

Snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina Upper St. Lawrence River near Lake Ontario June 1984-85 2,3,7,8-TCDD... 

Ryan, J.J., B.P.Y. Lau, J.A. Hardy, W.B. Stone, P. O Keefe, and J.F. Gierthy. 1986. 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin and related dioxins and furans in snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) tissues from the upper St. Lawrence River. Chemosphere 15 537-548. 

Bishop, C.A., G.P. Brown, RJ. Brooks, D.R.S. Lean, and J.H. Carey. 1994. Organochlorine contaminant concentrations in eggs and their relationship to body size and clutch characteristics of the female common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) in Lake Ontario, Canad. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 27 82-87. 

Burghardt, G. M. and Hess, E. H. (1966). Food imprinting in the snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina. Science 151,108-109. 

Snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina Gopher tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus Common mud turtle, Kinosternon sabrubrum Missouri slider, Trachymys floridana hoyi Peninsula cooter, Pseudemys floridana pennisularls... 

Take the common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) as an example. This large, freshwater turtle lives throughout southern Canada and the Northeastern United States, where winter temperatures can easily drop well below freezing. In the winter, when their ponds start to freeze, these turtles go into hibernation. Like any other substance that becomes very cold, all the molecules and parts inside the turtle slow down to minimal movements. 

Bishop CA, Ng P, Norstrom RJ, et al. 1996. Temporal and geographic variation of organochlorine residues in eggs of the common snapping turtle (chelydra serpentina serpentina) (1981-1991) and... 

Slider turtle, Chrysemys scripta, 510 Slider turtle, Trachemys spp., 717 Snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina, 630... 

Exposition of eggs of turtles Chelydra serpentina) to PAHs caused significant alterations in the embryos development, varying from mild deformities (tail deformities, absence of pigmentation, malfomation of the shell), moderate (absence of the members or eyes and asynchronous development) rmtil severe such as absence of two or more members, cerebral abnormalities and not closing of the cranimn (Van Meter et al., 2006). 

Van Meter, R.J. Spotila, J.R. Avery, H.W. 2006. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons affect survival and development of common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) embryos and hatchlings. Environmental Pollution, v.l42, p. 466-475. 

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