MCZ Herpetology R-194614

Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

1855-10-23

North America | [no specific locality data]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:R-194614 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Herpetology R-194614

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Herp:R-194614 Chelydra serpentina Figured

Current Identification
Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Chelydridae
Common Name(s): North American Snapping Turtle; Tortuga-lagarto común; chélydre serpentine; common snapping turtle; snapping turtle
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: ID from jar label and paper note found with specimen

Agassiz 1857, Figured of Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758) Plate XXV figure 3
Media type: text; Agassiz 1857 Description: text and color plates;

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Shows Publication: Agassiz 1857 Description: text and color plates

  • previous number: 162

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: plastron removed from body, plastron missing

Attribute Value Determination On
age class hatchling [no agent data]

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  • loose metal tag 162 found with specimen attached to catalogue tag; jar label in Loveridge's handwriting reads 'Orig. No. 162, Chelydra serpentina (Linne), Orig. of Pl. XXV, fig. 3. Hatched Oct. 23rd 1855'; paper note found with specimen reads 'Chelydra serpentina, Original of PL XXV fig. 3, Hatched Oct. 23 1855', Joe Martinez 17AUG2017

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • [no sovereign nation data]
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7029440 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • [no verbatim locality data]
  • Georeference:
  • 59.3896340°, -97.140625° (Error radius: 5040386m) By: Jeremy Kisala on 2020-09-15 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1855-10-23
  • Verbatim Date:
  • Oct. 23, 1855
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • Verbatim Date based on assumption that specimen was preserved the same day as hatching
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]

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