Chelydra serpentina

Chelydra serpentina
Original distribution of Chelydra serpentina

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cryptodira 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Sauropsida
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Cladus: Diapsida
Cladus: Neodiapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Archelosauria
Cladus: Pantestudines
Division: Testudinata
Ordo: Testudines
Subordo: Cryptodira

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. Open access 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. 

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