Chelydra rossignonii Bocourt 1868 (Central American snapping turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Type locality: “marais de Pansos, près le Rio Polochic (Guatémala).”
Alternative combination: Emysaurus rossignonii
Full reference: M. F. Bocourt. 1868. Description de quelques chéloniens nouveaux appartenant a la faune Mexicaine. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie et Paléontologie, Paris 5(10):121-122
Belongs to Chelydra according to A. G. J. Rhodin et al. 2017
See also Bocourt 1868 and van Dijk et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Cheliurus, Chelydra acutirostris, Chelydra serpentina
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Chelydra rossignonii in the database
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