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Chelydra serpentina (Common snapping turtle)
Taxonomy
Testudo serpentina was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Chelydra.
It was recombined as Chelydra serpentina by Cope (1875), Hay (1902), Hay (1908), Hay (1930), Loveridge and Shreve (1947), Wilson (1967), Hutchison (2008), Pérez-García et al. (2008), Pérez-García and Ortega (2011), Knauss et al. (2011), van Dijk et al. (2014) and Rhodin et al. (2017).
It was recombined as Chelydra serpentina by Cope (1875), Hay (1902), Hay (1908), Hay (1930), Loveridge and Shreve (1947), Wilson (1967), Hutchison (2008), Pérez-García et al. (2008), Pérez-García and Ortega (2011), Knauss et al. (2011), van Dijk et al. (2014) and Rhodin et al. (2017).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1758 | Testudo serpentina Linnaeus |
1766 | Testudo serpentina Linnaeus |
1802 | Testudo serpentaria Wiedemann |
1812 | Chelydra lacertina Schweigger |
1830 | Testudo serrata Pennant in Gray |
1831 | Testudo longicauda Shaw in Gray |
1857 | Chelydra emarginata Agassiz |
1875 | Chelydra serpentina Cope p. 51 |
1902 | Chelydra serpentina Hay p. 446 |
1905 | Devisia mythodes Ogilby p. 11 |
1907 | Macrochelys floridana Hay p. 847 |
1908 | Macrochelys floridana Hay p. 222 figs. figs 282-285 |
1908 | Chelydra serpentina Hay p. 223 |
1916 | Chelydra laticarinata Hay |
1916 | Chelydra sculpta Hay |
1918 | Chelydra osceola Stejneger |
1930 | Chelydra laticarinata Hay p. 85 |
1930 | Chelydra sculpta Hay p. 85 |
1930 | Chelydra serpentina Hay p. 85 |
1930 | Macrochelys floridana Hay p. 85 |
1947 | Chelydra serpentina Loveridge and Shreve p. 120 |
1967 | Chelydra serpentina Wilson p. 203 |
2008 | Chelydra serpentina Hutchison |
2008 | Chelydra serpentina Pérez-García et al. |
2011 | Chelydra serpentina Knauss et al. |
2011 | Chelydra serpentina Pérez-García and Ortega |
2014 | Chelydra floridana Thomas et al. p. 847 |
2014 | Chelydra serpentina van Dijk et al. |
2017 | Chelydra serpentina Rhodin et al. |
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Chelydra serpentina Linnaeus 1758 [Common snapping turtle]
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Invalid names: Chelydra emarginata Agassiz 1857 [synonym], Chelydra lacertina Schweigger 1812 [synonym], Chelydra laticarinata Hay 1916 [synonym], Chelydra osceola Stejneger 1918 [synonym], Chelydra sculpta Hay 1916 [synonym], Devisia mythodes Ogilby 1905 [synonym], Macrochelys floridana Hay 1907 [synonym], Testudo longicauda Shaw in Gray 1831 [synonym], Testudo serpentaria Wiedemann 1802 [synonym], Testudo serrata Pennant in Gray 1830 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available