How Big Do Snapping Turtles Get

The answer to this depends on the subspecies. Alligator snapping turtles, for example, can grow up to 250 pounds and measure nearly 3 feet long. Common snapping turtles are smaller than alligators and can get to be about 6 inches long when they’re fully grown.

The answer to this depends on the subspecies.

The answer to this depends on the subspecies. There are currently four recognized species of snapping turtles, and each has its own average size. The largest alligator snapping turtle has been found to be as old as 120 years old, while the biggest common snapping turtle is over 180 years old and can weigh in at more than 200 pounds.

Alligator Snapping Turtle

The Alligator Snapping Turtle is the biggest of the three subspecies of snapper turtles. The average size is about 20 inches long and weighs nearly 50 pounds, making it one of the largest freshwater turtles in North America.

The largest Alligator Snapping Turtle was almost 2 feet long and weighed more than 300 pounds! It was found in Florida in 1873 by two men who were moving some logs, and they needed help getting it back to shore because they couldn’t lift it up themselves. They got another man who came along with his wagon pulled by oxen to help transport their find back home. But once they got there with their new pet turtle named Old Brutus (after Brutus Cleveland), all hell broke loose—literally! People from all over town came running out to see what had happened and began throwing rocks at him thinking he’d killed someone or something else equally ridiculous like that; even though he hadn’t done anything wrong yet except for being big enough for people not used to seeing such large animals walk around freely (and maybe having some weird looking markings). They accused him of being dangerous too because if he bit someone then surely death would follow? Of course none of those things happened though…except maybe death from boredom or loneliness since no one would sit near him anymore after those initial attacks were made against him during those first few days after being introduced into society.”

Common Snapping Turtles

The Common Snapping Turtle is the largest freshwater turtle in North America. They can grow to be about 20 inches long and weigh up to 40 pounds, although some may be smaller or larger depending on their habitat. Their lifespan is approximately 50 years, but they can live even longer if they’re well fed and healthy.

Common Snapping Turtles are found in the eastern United States and Canada, but also inhabit parts of Mexico as well as Central America (their range extends all the way southward into South America). These omnivores spend most of their time hidden under logs or rocks near ponds or streams; however, when threatened by another animal (or human), Common Snapping Turtles will quickly emerge from hiding and attempt to defend themselves with their powerful jaws.

The biggest snappers get to be very large.

Snappers are the largest freshwater turtles in North America. They can grow to be over 50 pounds and live up to 100 years. They are not aggressive unless provoked, and they are omnivorous eaters of plants, animals, fish and insects. The biggest snappers get to be very large indeed!

The world’s largest snapping turtle on record weighed in at a whopping 71 pounds (32 kilograms) and measured 51 inches (130 centimeters) from nose to tail! That’s just shy of four feet long—if you’re into that sort of thing!

The answer is that alligator snapping turtles can get very large, but the common snapping turtle rarely gets over 30 pounds.