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Chelydra acutirostris (South American snapping turtle)
Discussion
Type locality: “Guayaquil” [Ecuador]
Taxonomy
Chelydra acutirostris was named by Peters (1862). It is extant.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1862 | Chelydra acutirostris Peters |
| 2014 | Chelydra acutirostris van Dijk et al. |
| 2017 | Chelydra acutirostris Rhodin et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Chelydra acutirostris Peters 1862 [South American snapping turtle]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ernst and Barbour 1989, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available