MCZ Herpetology R-25951

Chelydra acutirostris

Date Collected:

1907-01-01/1907-12-31

Central America: Costa Rica: San José | San Jose

Current Identification
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Chelydridae
Common Name(s): South American Snapping Turtle
Determiner: José Rosado
Nature of ID: expert ID
Previous Identification
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Chelydridae
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1998

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  • muse location number: ZR25951

Part Condition Disposition Count
skeleton (dry) fair in collection 1 History (5)
Remarks: disarticulated; may be complete; disarticulated, skull, jaw, carapace (damaged), plastron, vertebrae, limb bones, hyoid bones; latest inventory completed by Lilian Smolen and Katrina Pallais, 2024

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  • Continent:
  • Central America
  • Country:
  • Costa Rica
  • State/Province:
  • San José
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1001518 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • San Jose
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • San Jose, Costa Rica
  • Georeference:
  • 9.93330000°, -84.083300° (Error radius: 5.596km) By: Kristina Yamamoto on 2005-04-27 (Source: Alexandria Digital Library Gazetteer)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Radial of Feature:
  • 3000 m
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1907-01-01 / 1907-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1907-1907
  • Collector:
  • Jose C. Zeledon

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Media type: text; Herpetology R-25936;  R-25937;  R-25938;  R-25939;  R-25940;  R-25941;  R-25942;  R-25943;  R-25944;  R-25945;  R-25946;  R-25947;  R-25948;  R-25949;  R-25950;  R-25951;  R-25952;  R-25953;  R-25954;  R-25955;  R-25956;  R-25957;  R-25958;  R-25959;  R-25960 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 020001-026000, pg.239;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Herp:R-25936 Micrurus nigrocintus nigrocinc...

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