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Macrochelys Gray, 1856

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Gray, John E. 1856. On some new species of freshwater tortoises from North America, Ceylon and Australia, in the collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1855: 197–202.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Testudines
family
Chelydridae
genus
Macrochelys

Name

Synonyms
Gypochelys Agassiz, 1857
Macroclemmys Gray, 1856
Macroclemmys Strauch, 1862
Macroclemys Gray, 1855
Homonyms
Macrochelys Gray, 1856
Macrochelys Meyer, 1858
Common names
Alligator Snapping Turtle in English
Alligator Snapping Turtles in English
Alligator Snapping Turtles in English
Alligator Snapping Turtles in English
Alligatorchelydra in Dutch
Geierschildkröte in German
Tortuga caimán in Spanish
alligator snapping turtle in English
Грифовые черепахи in Russian
צב אליגטור in Hebrew
เต่าอัลลิเกเตอร์ in Thai
ワニガメ属 in Japanese
大鱷龜屬 in Chinese
악어거북속 in Korean

Bibliographic References

  1. Aronsson (2016) Exceldokument: Främmande arter grunddata.xls Skapat 2016-10-25
  2. CoL 2006
  3. Crother, Brian I., Jeff Boundy, Frank T. Burbrink, Jonathan A. Campbell, Kevin de Queiroz, et al., 2012: Scientific and standard English names of amphibians and reptiles of North America north of Mexico, with comments regarding confidence in our understanding, Seventh Ed.. Herpetological Circular, no. 39. 1-92.
  4. 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 Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  5. 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 Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  6. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 23
  7. SN2000/Uetz, 1995-
  8. SN2000/Uetz, 1995-
  9. Thomas, Travis, Michael Granatosky, Jason Bourque, Kenneth Krysko, Paul Moler, Tony Gamble, et al., 2014: Taxonomic assessment of Alligator Snapping Turtles (Chelydridae: Macrochelys), with the description of two new species from the southeastern United States. Zootaxa, vol. 3786, issue 2. 141-165.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. Uetz & Hallermann (2017) The Reptile Database, Zoological Museum Hamburg
  13. Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Jirí Hošek (eds.). (2021). The Reptile Database.
  14. as per family
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