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Chelydra
Schweigger, 1812
(reptile)
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Entity:
Chelydridae (Family) - snapping turtles
..†Acherontemys (Genus)
..†Chelydrops (Genus)
..†Chelydropsis (Genus)
..†Gafsachelys (Genus)
..†Hoplochelys (Genus)
..Macrochelys (Genus)
..Chelydra (Genus)
....Chelydra acutirostris (Species) - South American snapping turtle
....Chelydra rossignonii (Species) - Central American snapping turtle
....Chelydra serpentina (Species) - North American snapping turtle
Authorship
Original name
:
Schweigger, 1812. Koenigsberger Archiv, 1, 292.
Types
Type of
:
Chelydridae
(Family)
Gray, 1831
Ref:
B. Grzimek et al. (eds.), 1973 (1971)
: 585.
[inferred]
Type of
:
Chelydrinae
(Subfamily)
Lydekker, 1889
Type
:
Chelydra serpentina
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Ref:
P. Uetz et al. (eds.), 2016
: 16 Aug 2016.
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Cheliurus
(Genus)
Rafinesque, 1815, nom. nud.
Ref:
PBDB
: 20 Jul 2020.
Synonymous name
:
Chelonura
(Genus)
Fleming, 1822
Ref:
PBDB
: 20 Jul 2020.
Synonymous name
:
Devisia
(Genus)
Ogilby, 1905
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Emysaurus
(Genus)
Duméril & Bibron, 1835
Ref:
PBDB
: 31 Dec 2017.
Synonymous name
:
Ophichelone
(Genus)
Jarocki, 1822
Ref:
PBDB
: 20 Jul 2020.
Synonymous name
:
Rapara
(Genus)
Gray, 1825
Ref:
PBDB
: 20 Jul 2020.
Synonymous name
:
Saurochelys
(Genus)
Berthold, 1827
Ref:
PBDB
: 20 Jul 2020.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
bijtschildpadden
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
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1 Feb 2024