Chelydra serpentina

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Superfamilia: Chelydroidea
Familia: Chelydridae
Genus: Chelydra
Species: Chelydra serpentina

Name[edit]

Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Type locality: “in Calidis regionibus”
- Holotype: USNM. USNM 10369 (C. oceola)

Synonyms[edit]

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[edit]

Primary references[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2023. Chelydra serpentina. The Reptile Database.
IUCN: Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758) (Least Concern)

Vernacular names[edit]

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: 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