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Platinum Florida Snapping Turtle

$99.95 - $119.00
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Product Description

If you hatch 10,000 Florida Snappers each year, you may notice that one out of every few hundred comes out very light and silvery "Platinum" colored - so we put them aside & saved them - for you ! They are simply very pretty versions of Florida Snappers - their care and behavior is exactly the same as for normal Florida Snappers - and follows:

Please note: Our platinum snappers, like all turtles, have some color variation. Our top photo shows some tan-er colors and the bottom picture shows some more silvery colors - we sending them out, we select for the lighter most silvery colors. With snappers, lighter cages and surroundings make for lighter colored turtles, salmon in their diet also helps their colors to look brighter.

Florida Snapping Turtles (Chelydra serpentina osceola) are found only in peninsular Florida where they live the typical snapper's life at the bottom of their pond or lake buried in the mud waiting for their next meal to pass by. The only real difference between Florida and Common Snapping Turtles is soft spikes on the neck and head called turbercles. On Common Snappers the tubercles are rounded, and on the Florida Snapping Turtle, the tubercles are pointed. Florida snappers are usually a warmer light brown color as juveniles, while Common Snappers are more gray to black. Otherwise, Florida Snapping Turtles behave identically to Common Snappers who's behavior and description follows:

One of North America's most recognizable fully aquatic Turtles, the Common Snapping Turtle, inhabits nearly all bodies of slow moving, soft bottomed water, fresh and brackish, from Nova Scotia to Mexico, east of the Rocky Mountains. In Florida it gives way to the Florida Snapping Turtle.

Common Snapping Turtles are true omnivores, and will eat anything they can fit into their mouths. Juveniles freely forage for food, while adults prefer to be ambush predators, lying in wait for the next passing meal. These tendencies make all sizes excellent tank turtles. Not the best community turtles, juvenile Common Snapping Turtles think everyone's tail is a worm - and will promptly remove them - even other snappers'. We feed ours pellets, cut fish and beef. Water plants are also offered. One study has shown hatchlings to imprint well on early food items.

In the last century, people's taste for Common Snapping Turtles, severely damaged many wild populations. Now, many are farm raised, both in the US and abroad. Wild Snapping Turtles are almost always quite vicious. Captive raised snappers, if handled often, will tame down fairly well. They never loose their fiercely vicious feeding response, and keepers never seem to loose their fascination for them...

Please note that California and Washington state do not allow Florida or Common Snapping Turtles to be kept by individuals - so we cannot ship Snapping Turtles to those states without special permits.

Other Details

Common Name:
Platinum Florida Snapping Turtle
Scientific Name:
Chelydra Serpentina osceola
Level:
Starter
Restricted States:
CA, OR, AZ, HI, WA
Turtle Category:
North American Water Turtles
Turtle Subcategory:
Snapping Turtles

Warranty Information

We offer a 7 day health guarantee on our captive bred animals only provided all conditions are met as listed in our Terms and Conditions page.

Reviews

  • 5
    Love the colors

    Posted by Michelle on Feb 19th 2023

    Purchased one of these platinum Florida snappers a few years ago as a hatchling and he's doing fantastic, eats well, glowing nicely, has a fairly calm temperament for his species. He's slow to bite and easy to handle

  • 5
    Platinum Florida Snapping Turtles

    Posted by Xavier Springer on Mar 29th 2022

    TurtleSource was very helpful during my purchase. I had a couple of requests that they were more than happy to fulfill. My turtle arrived active and alert and is doing great!

  • 5
    Platinum fl snapping turtle

    Posted by Mike on Mar 1st 2022

    Took 4 days to get here and they were on ups same time I was. Had a cold front that weekend so he was in the 30s for 3 days. Got here finally and healthy as can be!! Has a big personality for such a baby. I will definitely be ordering again