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. 2024. 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: ホクベイカミツキガメ
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