Name: AHB Series PLUS – Central American Snapping Turtle (Tabasco Lowlands) – Chelydra rossignonii | Turtle
Brand: Animal Heavenly Body
SKU: AHB-Plus-07
Price: 100.00 USD
Availability: InStock

AHB Series PLUS – Central American Snapping Turtle (Tabasco Lowlands) – Chelydra rossignonii | Turtle

$100.00

The Central American Snapping Turtle in PLUS size, modeled on the Tabasco lowland population — dark olive shell, head held high, two long barbels under the chin.

Approx. Size: About 5.7 × 3.9 × 3.1 in (14.5 × 10 × 8 cm)
Material: Hand-painted resin
Line: Series PLUS

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Animal Heavenly Body

Series PLUS

Central American Snapping Turtle (Tabasco Lowlands)

Chelydra rossignonii

The Central American Snapping Turtle in PLUS size, modeled on the Tabasco lowland population — dark olive shell, head held high, two long barbels under the chin.

THE WHISKERED SNAPPER · Tabasco lowland form

RangeSouthern Mexico to Honduras

HabitatSlow rivers, swamps & weedy wetlands

SignatureLong fleshy barbels under the chin

HuntingLures prey with wriggling barbels & tongue

This FormTabasco lowland population

StatusVulnerable (IUCN)

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Hand-Painted Detail

Every scale, feather and marking is painted by hand to match the real animal — so detailed up close, so charming on the shelf.

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Ready to Display

A single, sturdy piece — no assembly, no fuss. Set it on a desk or shelf and it holds its pose, ready to collect and show off.

Look under the chin: those long, fleshy barbels are the Central American snapping turtle’s calling card. Once treated as a subspecies of the common snapping turtle, it is now recognized as a species of its own, living in murky, plant-choked waters from southern Mexico to Honduras. This PLUS edition, modeled on the population of the Tabasco lowlands, wears a smooth dark olive shell with a yellow rim and lifts its knobby head proudly toward the sky.

Wiggle and Wait

It sits motionless underwater with its mouth open, wriggling its barbels and tongue like little worms until curious prey swims close.

A Species of Its Own

Long lumped in with Chelydra serpentina, it was split out as a full species; its long barbels are one of the easiest ways to tell the two apart.

Why ‘Tabasco’

AHB’s full name points to the population of the Tabasco plains in southern Mexico, a lowland of rivers and wetlands inside the species’ range.

Hard Times

Habitat loss and harvesting for food have cut its numbers; it is protected by law in Mexico and Guatemala and listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN.

“Whiskers, a beak and all the patience in the world.”

Craft & Specifications

Line	Series PLUS, by Animal Heavenly Body
Approx. Size	About 5.7 × 3.9 × 3.1 in (14.5 × 10 × 8 cm)
Material	Hand-painted resin
Display	Single figure — ready to display out of the box
SKU	AHB-Plus-07