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    Species Accepted

    Chelydra acutirostris Peters, 1862

    South American Snapping Turtle
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Chelydra

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Chélydre serpentine d'Amérique du Sud French
      South American Snapping Turtle English
      Sydamerikansk Snapskildpadde Danish
      Südamerikanische Schnappschildkröte German
      Testuggine azzannatrice sudamericana Italian
      Tortuga Lagarto Spanish
      Tortuga Pímpano Spanish
      kajmanka ostronosá Czech
      kajmánteknős Hungarian
      tortuga lagarto de sudamérica Spanish

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      23 results
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      TTWG [TURTLE TAXONOMY WORKING GROUP: RHODIN, A.G.J., IVERSON, J.B., FRITZ, U., GALLEGO-GARCÍA, N., GEORGES, A., SHAFFER, H.B., AND VAN DuK, P.P.]. (2025). Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (10th Ed.). In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., van Dijk, P.P., Stanford, C.B., Goode, E.V., Buhlmann, K.A., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs 10:1-575.
      Arteaga, A., Bustamante, L., & Vieira, J. (2024). Reptiles of Ecuador. Khamai Foundation & Tropical Herping, 1073 Pp.
      Hilje B, Chaves G, Klank J, Timmerman F, Feltham J, Gillingwater S, Piraino T, & Rojas E. (2020). Amphibians and Reptiles of the Tirimbina Biological Reserve: a baseline for conservation, research and environmental education in a lowland tropical wet forest in Costa Rica. Check List 16(6): 1633-1655.
      Zicha O, Hrb J, Maňas M, Novák J, and BioLib contributors. BioLib.cz: Taxonomic tree of plants and animals with photos. 1999 - 2019, https://www.biolib.cz/en/main/
      Jungnickel, J. (1987). Die Gattung Chelydra - Ein Überblick. Sauria 9 (2): 15-18.
      Sunyer, Javier & José́ Gabriel Martínez-Fonseca. (2023). An updated country checklist to the amphibians and reptiles of Nicaragua. Revista Nicaragüense de Biodiversidad (100): 1-25.
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      Castro-Herrera, F., & Vargas-Salinas, F. (2008). Anfibios y reptiles en el departamento del Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Biota Colombiana 9 (2): 251 - 277.
      McCranie, James R. (2018). The Lizards, Crocodiles, and Turtles of Honduras. Systematics, Distribution, and Conservation. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Special Publication Series (2): 1- 666.

      Citation

      Chelydra acutirostris Peters, 1862 in undefined