MCZ Herpetology R-1473

Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1998-01-30

North America: United States: Alabama: Mobile | Mobile

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:R-1473 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Herpetology R-1473

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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: José Rosado
Nature of ID: expert ID
Previous Identification
Chelydra serpentina serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Chelydridae
Common Name(s): common snapping turtle
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1998

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  • muse location number: ZR1472

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: muscle; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-03-16
subsampled by = Rina Morisawa   determined date=2022-03-11   determined by=Rina Morisawa  
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Rina Morisawa 2022-03-16

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  • housed in SST30 as of 11AUG2016 Joe Martinez

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Alabama
  • County:
  • Mobile
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/2000048 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Mobile
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Mobile Al
  • Georeference:
  • 30.6943570°, -88.043054° (Error radius: 19954m) By: Brendan Haley on 2019-07-08 (Source: GEOLocate batch georeferencing, 2019-07-08)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1998-01-30
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • End of date collected range set to latest date of data entry for a cataloged item in this collecting event
  • Collector:
  • Josiah C. Nottlinked data icon

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Media type: text; Herpetology R-1451; R-1452; R-1453; R-1454; R-1455; R-1456; R-1457; R-1458; R-1459; R-1460; R-1461; R-1462; R-1463; R-1464; R-1465; R-1466; R-1467; R-1468; R-1469; R-1470; R-1471; R-1472; R-1473; R-1474; R-1475 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 000001-004000, pg.59;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Herp:R-1451 Helicops angulatus to MCZ:Herp:...

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