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Chelydridae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Testudines
family
Chelydridae

Name

Synonyms
Broilia Bergounioux & Crouzel, 1965
Broilia robusta Bergounioux & Crouzel, 1965
Chelydra argillarum Laube, 1900
Chelydra strausi Schmidt, 1966
Chelydrasia minax (Ckhikvadze, 1971)
Chelydrasia poena (Ckhikvadze, 1971)
Chelydropsis minax (Ckhikvadze, 1971)
Chelydropsis nopcsai Szalai, 1934
Chelydropsis poena (Ckhikvadze, 1971)
Emys sansaniensis Lartet, 1851
Emysaurus meilheuratiae Pomel, 1846
Hydraspis oeningensis Fitzinger, 1835
Leptochelys braneti Bergounioux & Crouzel, 1965
Testudo grandis Macarovici & Vancea, 1959
Homonyms
Chelydridae
Common names
Alligatorschildkröten in German
Bijtschildpadden in Dutch
Chélydridés in French
Chélydridés in French
Kapankaplumbağagiller in Turkish
Mikinaakwag in Ojibwa
Skorpuchowate in Polish
Snapping Turtles in English
Snapping Turtles in English
Snapping Turtles in English
Snapping Turtles in English
Tartarugas-mordedoras in Portuguese
Tortugas lagarto in Spanish
aligátorteknős-félék in Hungarian
huggsköldpaddor in Swedish
kajmankovití in Czech
snapping turtles in English
snappsköldpaddor in Swedish
želve hlastavke in Slovenian
Каймановые черепахи in Russian
צבים נשכניים in Hebrew
سلحفاة نهاشة in Arabic
เต่าสแนปปิ้ง in Thai
カミツキガメ科 in Japanese
鱷龜科 in Chinese
늑대거북과 in Korean
Snapping Turtles in English
huggsköldpaddor in Swedish
snappsköldpaddor in Swedish

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. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  4. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  5. 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.
  6. Iverson, John B., 1992: null. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. xiii + 363.
  7. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  8. Roskov, Y. et al. (2017) Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th July 2015. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. Uetz & Hallermann (2017) The Reptile Database, Zoological Museum Hamburg
  12. Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Jirí Hošek (eds.). (2021). The Reptile Database.
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