Chelydra serpentina

Chelydra serpentina

Original distribution of Chelydra serpentina

Taxonavigation

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

• 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. & Hallermann, J. 2022. 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: 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