Chelydra serpentina

Chelydra serpentina

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cryptodira

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Division: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Subordo: Cryptodira

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

Name

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

Synonyms

• Testudo serpentina Linnaeus 1758:199
  • 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

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm. 824 pp. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 
• Schweigger, A. F. 1812. Prodromus monographiae Cheloniorum. Königsberger Archiv für Naturwissenschaft und Mathematik 1:271–368, 406–462. download
• 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: page 199.
• IUCN: Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758) (Least Concern)
• Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., Bour, R., Fritz, U., Georges, A., Shaffer, H.B., and van Dijk, P.P.). 2017. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (8th Ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs 7:1–292. doi:10.3854/crm.7.checklist.atlas.v8.2017. 

Vernacular names

العربية: سلحفاة نهاشة
български: Кайманова костенурка
català: Chelydra serpentina
čeština: Kajmanka dravá
Deutsch: Schnappschildkröte
English: Common Snapping Turtle
español: Tortuga mordedora
Esperanto: Serpentotestudo
français: Tortue serpentine
hrvatski: Nasrtljiva kornjača
italiano: Tartaruga azzannatrice
lietuvių: Kaimaninis vėžlys
magyar: Aligátorteknős
Nederlands: Bijtschildpad
日本語: カミツキガメ
polski: Żółw jaszczurowaty
português: Chelydra serpentina
پنجابی: چک مار کھچوپڑا
русский: Каймановая черепаха
slovenčina: Kajmanka dravá
suomi: Näykkijäkilpikonna
Tsetsêhestâhese: He'óonéma'ëno
українська: Кайманова черепаха
中文: 擬鱷龜