MCZ Special Collections 2504

Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2015-05-08

[no higher geography data] | [no specific locality data]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:SC:2504 JSON-LD

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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: legacy

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  • other number: 1046
  • previous number: HEC-2138

Part Condition Disposition Count
histological serial section (histological slide) excellent on loan 19 History (4)
Remarks: Series A-S
section fixation = Zenker's fluid  
section plane = transverse  
section stain = Alum cochineal, Orange G  
section thickness = 8 microns  

Attribute Value Determination On
specimen length 9 mm [no agent data]
stage description unknown [no agent data]

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  • Drawing #2138; Series A-S

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  • Continent:
  • [no higher geography data]
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • [no sovereign nation data]
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]
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Generic '[no specific locality data]' record. *PLEASE DO NOT EDIT*
  • Collecting Method:
  • unknown
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2015-05-08
  • Verbatim Date:
  • Prepared:-n/a
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • End of date collected range set to latest date of data entry for a cataloged item in this collecting event
  • Collector:
  • None

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