Chelydra

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: C. acutirostris – C. rossignonii – C. serpentina

Name

Chelydra Schweigger, 1812

Type Species: Chelydra serpentina Schweigger, 1812 [= Testudo serpentina Linnaeus 1758], by subsequent designation by Fitzinger (1843:29)

Synonyms

• Chelydra Schweigger 1812:292
  • Cheliurus Rafinesque 1815:75 (nomen nudum)
  • Chelonura Fleming 1822:270 (senior homonym)
• Ophichelone Jarocki 1822:21
  • Type species: Ophichelone serpentina [= Testudo serpentina Linnaeus 1758], by original monotypy.
• Rapara Gray 1825:210
  • Type species: Rapara serpentina Gray [= Testudo serpentina Linnaeus 1758], by original monotypy.
• Saurochelys Latreille 1825:92
  • Type species: Saurochelys “Tortue à longue queue” [= Testudo serpentina Linnaeus 1758], by original monotypy.
• Cheliurus Rafinesque 1832:64
  • Type species: Cheliurus serpentina [= Testudo serpentina Linnaeus 1758], by original monotypy.
• Emysaurus Duméril & Bibron 1835:348
  • Type species: Emysaura serpentina [= Testudo serpentina Linnaeus 1758], by original monotypy.
• Devisia Ogilby 1905:11
  • Type species: Devisia mythodes Ogilby 1905 [= subjective synonym of Testudo serpentina Linnaeus 1758], by original monotypy.

References

• Schweigger, A. F. 1812. Prodromus monographiae Cheloniorum. Königsberger Archiv für Naturwissenschaft und Mathematik 1:271–368, 406–462. download Google books
• 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. 

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Schnappschildkröte
English: Common Snapping Turtle
français: Tortue hargneuse
日本語: カミツキガメ属
Nederlands: Bijtschildpad