Chelydra
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| Chelydra | |
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| Chelydra serpentina | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | Chelydridae |
| Genus: | Chelydra Schweigger, 1812[1] |
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| Chelydra serpentina |
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Chelydra is one of the two extant genera of the snapping turtle family, Chelydridae, the other being Macrochelys, the much larger alligator snapping turtle.[1] The snapping turtles are native to the Americas, with Chelydra having three species, one each in North America, Central America, and South America.
Species
The genus Chelydra has three species:[1]
- C. acutirostris W. Peters, 1862 – South American snapping turtle
- C. rossignonii (Bocourt, 1868) – Central American snapping turtle
- C. serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758) – common snapping turtle (North America)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rhodin 2010, pp. 000.91-92
References
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Extant turtle taxonomy
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