Central American Snapping Turtle
Chelydra rossignonii (Bocourt, 1868)
Also calledCentralamerikansk Snapskildpadde (dan) · Chiquiguao (spa) · Chélydre serpentine d'Amérique centrale (fra) · Mexikanische Schnappschildkröte (deu) · Mittelamerikanische Schnappschildkröte (deu) · Servengue (spa) · Tortuga Lagarto (spa) · Tortuga mordedora (spa) · Yucatán-Schnappschildkröte (deu) · Zambundango (spa) · kajmanka středoamerická (ces) · közép-amerikai harapósteknős (hun) · سلاحف يوكاتان النهاشة (ara) · سلحفاة أمريكا الوسطى النهاشة (ara)
First described in: Bocourt, M. F. Descriptions de quelques chéloniens nouveaux appartenant a la faune Mexicaine.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
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Syntypes (2, according to Bocourt, 1868: 122, but 3 according to Medem 1977: 46 and Bour 2005 b: 33, erroneously; MNHN 1501, 1501 A (all three photographed in Bour 2005 b: 33). MNHN 1501 and 1501 A illustrated in Duméril & Bocourt (1870: Pl. 5; reproduced in Smith & Smith 1980: 902 and Bour 2005 b: 33). MNHN 1230 erroneously designated lectotype by Stuart (1963: 47), but it is not a type specimen.
A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
Where it has been recorded
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2441911.