MCZ Herpetology R-194637

Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

1855-01-01/1859-12-31

North America | [no specific locality data]

Media type: image;   Herpetology R-194637

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Herp:R-194637 Chelydra serpentina Additional Material

Current Identification
Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Chelydridae
Common Name(s): North American Snapping Turtle; Tortuga-lagarto comĂșn; chĂ©lydre serpentine; common snapping turtle; snapping turtle
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: expert ID

Agassiz 1857, Additional Material of Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758) see Remarks
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: 130

Part Condition Disposition Count
embryo (ethanol) good in collection 2 History
Remarks: 1 cut in half and inside of eggshell; 1 intact and removed from eggshell

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

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  • metal tag 130 found loose inside of jar with embryos, attached to catalogue tag; one paper note and one jar label (label in Loveridge's handwriting) indicate that one or both of the embryos were illustrated in Plate XXX of a manuscript (presumably Agassiz, 1859), Joe Martinez 05OCT2017

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • [no sovereign nation data]
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7029440 linked data icon
  • 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
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1855-01-01 / 1859-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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  • [Masked]

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