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Chelydra Schweigger, 1812

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
<i>Koenigsberger Arch. Naturwiss.</i>, <b>1</b>: 292

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Testudines
family
Chelydridae
genus
Chelydra

Name

Synonyms
Chelidra Bonaparte, 1831
Cheliurus Rafinesque, 1832
Chelonura Fleming, 1822
Devisia Ogilby, 1905
Emysaurus Duméril & Bibron, 1835
Ophichelone Jarocki, 1822
Rapara Gray, 1825
Saurochelys Latreille, 1825
Homonyms
Chelydra Schweigger, 1812
Common names
Bijtschildpad in Dutch
Chélydre in French
Chélydre in French
Chélydres in French
Common Snapping Turtle in English
Common Snapping Turtles in English
Common Snapping Turtles in English
Common Snapping Turtles in English
Mikinaakwag in Ojibwa
Schnappschildkröte in German
Schnappschildkröten in German
Snapping Turtle in English
Snapping Turtle in English
Snapping Turtles in English
Snapping Turtles in English
Snapping Turtles in English
Snapping Turtles in English
Snapping turtle in English
Tortue hargneuse in French
Tortugas lagarto in Spanish
Typical Snapping Turtles in English
common snapping turtles in English
common snapping turtles in English
Каймановые черепахи in Russian
צב נשכן in Hebrew
เต่าสแนปปิ้งสามัญ in Thai
カミツキガメ属 in Japanese
擬鱷龜屬 in Chinese
늑대거북속 in Korean
Typical Snapping Turtles in English
Typical Snapping Turtles in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Aronsson (2016) Exceldokument: Främmande arter grunddata.xls Skapat 2016-10-25
  2. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  3. CoL 2006
  4. Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed., 1993: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17. iv + 73.
  5. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 92 Sixteen generic names of Pisces, Amphibia, and Reptilia placed in the Official List of Generic Names.Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 73(4), 3 (1926)
  6. Iverson, John B., 1992: null. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. xiii + 363.
  7. Koenigsberger Archiv, 1
  8. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  9. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  10. SN2000/Uetz, 1995-
  11. SN2000/Uetz, 1995-, PaleoDB
  12. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [Rhodin, A. G. J., J. Iverson, R. Bour, U. Fritz, A. Georges, et al.], 2021: Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status (9th ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 8. x + 472.
  13. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., J. Iverson, A. Rhodin, H. Shaffer, and R. Bour], 2014: Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 5, v. 7. 329-479.
  14. Uetz & Hallermann (2017) The Reptile Database, Zoological Museum Hamburg
  15. as per family
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