MCZ Herpetology R-194638

Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

1851-09-26

North America | [no specific locality data]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:R-194638 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Herpetology R-194638

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:Herp:R-194638 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 común; chélydre serpentine; common snapping turtle; snapping turtle
Determiner: Bottle Label(s)
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: 164

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 2 History
Remarks: 1 hatchling with yolk sac, 1 hatchling partly emerged from eggshell

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

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  • loose metal tag found in jar with specimens attached to catalogue tag, bottle label in Loveridge's handwriting indicates (Orig. No. 164) that these specimens were part of a turtle embryological series used to illustrate Agassiz, 1859 Vol. 2. But, as there is no mention of either a Plate or Figure number, these specimens probably were not used. 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
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:
  • 1851-09-26
  • Verbatim Date:
  • Sept. 26, 1851
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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  • [Masked]

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