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    Species Accepted

    Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758)

    Common Snapper
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Chelydra
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 15 countries or islands

      15 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      nullNoUnknown
      BelgiumNo
      BelgiumNoUnknown
      BelgiumNoUnknown
      BelgiumNoUnknown
      ChinaYes
      GermanyNo
      FranceNo
      United KingdomNo
      IrelandNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      57 results
      Amerikanische Schnappschildkröte German
      Bijtchelydra Dutch
      Bijtschildpad Dutch
      Chelydra serpentina Catalan–Valencian
      Common Snapper English
      Common Snapping Turtle English
      Eastern Snapping Turtle English
      Ganyáhdë:h see
      Gaperbekskilpad Afrikaans
      He'óonéma'ëno Cheyenne

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
      2 results
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      307 results
      Ernst,C.H. and Barbour,R.W. (1989). Turtles of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. - London.
      Kenow, K.P., J.M. Kapfer & C.E. Korschgen. (2009). Predation of Radio-Marked Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) Ducklings by Eastern Snapping Turtles (Chelydra serpentina serpentina) and Western Fox Snakes (Pantherophis vulpinus) on the Upper Mississsippi River. Journal of Herpetology 43 (1): 154-158.
      Beane, & C, J. (2019). New geographic distribution records for reptiles from North Carolina, USA. Herpetological Review 50 (3): 538-542.
      Johnston, G. R., Munscher, E. C., Geiger, J. S., & Godwin, C. D. (2023). Natural history notes: Chelydra serpentina (Snapping Turtle). Maximum size. Herpetological Review 54 (4): 642-643.
      Klueh-Mundy, Sarabeth, Jason Mirtl, Carolyn Straiker and Harold Allison. (2016). Geographic Distribution: Chelydra serpentina (Snapping Turtle). Herpetological Review 47 (2): 251-252.
      Bleakney, S. (1957). A Snapping Turtle, Chelydra serpentina serpentina, Containing Eighty-Three Eggs. Copeia 1957 (2): 143.
      Aresco, Matthew J.; Joseph Travis, and Pamela S. D. MacRae. (2015). Trophic Interactions of Turtles in a North Florida Lake Food Web: Prevalence of Omnivory. Copeia 2015 (2): 343-356.
      IVERSON, JOHN & GEOFFREY SMITH. (2023). Survival in Common Snapping Turtles, Chelydra serpentina (Testudines: Chelydridae), in western Nebraska. Herpetology Notes 16: 233–236.
      Boulenger, George A. (1902). On the southern snapping-turtle (Chelydra rossignonii, Bocourt). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 9 (49): 49-51.
      Lawniczak, C.J. & M.A. Teece. (2005). Spatial Mobilization of Calcium and Magnesium from the Eggshell of the Snapping Turtle, Chelydra serpentina. Journal of Herpetology 39 (4): 659-664.

      Citation

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