Chelydra serpentina


Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Superfamilia: Chelydroidea
Familia: Chelydridae
Genus: Chelydra
Species:
Name
- Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Type locality: “in Calidis regionibus”
- Holotype: USNM. USNM 10369 (C. oceola)
Synonyms
- Testudo serpentina Linnaeus 1758:199 (original combination)
- Testudo serpentaria Wiedemann 1802 (nom. subst. pro T. serpentina L.)
- Chelydra serpentina Schweigger 1812
- Chelydra lacertina Schweigger 1812
- Chelonura serpentina Say 1824:206
- Testudo longicauda Shaw 1831 (nomen nudum)
- Emysaura serpentina Duméril & Bibron 1835: 350
- Chelydra emarginata Agassiz 1857
- Macroclemys lacertina Rhoads 1895:381
- Devisia mythodes Ogilby 1905
- Macrochelys lacertina Largelamb 1907
- Chelydra serpentina serpentina Stejneger 1914
- Chelydra serpentina osceola Stejneger 1918:89
- Chelydra osceola Stejneger 1918:89
- Chelydra serpentina osceola Mertens 1934
- Chelydra serpentina Stebbins 1985:97
- Chelydra serpentina Conant & Collins 1991:41
- Chelydra serpentina serpentina Crother 2000
- Chelydra serpentina osceola Crother 2000
- Chelydra serpentina TTWG 2014, 2017.
References
Primary references
- Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.
Additional references
- Schweigger, A. F. 1812. Prodromus monographiae Cheloniorum. Königsberger Archiv für Naturwissenschaft und Mathematik 1:271–368, 406–462. download Google books
- Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 199.
Reference page. - TTWG (Turtle Taxonomy Working Group) 2021. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (9th Ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs 8: 1–472. DOI: 10.3854/crm.8.checklist.atlas.v9.2021 PDF. Reference page.
Links
- Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Chelydra serpentina. The Reptile Database.
- IUCN: Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758) (Least Concern)
Vernacular names
- العربية: سلحفاة نهاشة
- български: Кайманова костенурка
- català: Chelydra serpentina
- Tsetsêhestâhese: He'óonéma'ëno
- čeština: Kajmanka dravá
- Deutsch: Schnappschildkröte
- English: North American Snapping Turtle; Common Snapping Turtle
- Esperanto: Serpentotestudo
- español: Tortuga mordedora
- suomi: Näykkijäkilpikonna
- français: Tortue serpentine
- hrvatski: Nasrtljiva kornjača
- magyar: Aligátorteknős
- italiano: Tartaruga azzannatrice
- 日本語: ホクベイカミツキガメ
- lietuvių: Kaimaninis vėžlys
- Nederlands: Bijtschildpad
- polski: Żółw jaszczurowaty
- پنجابی: چک مار کھچوپڑا
- português: Chelydra serpentina
- русский: Каймановая черепаха
- slovenčina: Kajmanka dravá
- українська: Кайманова черепаха
- 中文: 擬鱷龜