Image of Common Snapping Turtle

Description:

"Chunky turtle with about 12"" shell, thick tail with sawtooth nubs on the top; nasty disposition. I was driving down our private road and the turtle was in the middle of the road. I hurried on to our house and managed to get my camera and re-find the turtle for some pics. After I saw the pics on the computer I realized it had leeches on its shell and a couple of tiny ones on its body (yuk). I didn't even know there were leeches in east TX!"