This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Man catches 200-pound alligator snapping turtle followed by 188-pound alligator gar in Texas ...
In Texas, research on the Alligator Snapping Turtle has revealed important demographic trends over a 20-year period. The study found consistent detection outcomes across various sites, with a ...
historical overharvest and ongoing capture have caused significant population declines in the once-abundant turtle. Early in the 20th century, alligator snapping turtles were plentiful in river ...
Louisiana and Texas. But recent population surveys show the turtles are now likely extirpated in Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee. Historically, the alligator snapping turtle was ...