MCZ Herpetology R-194645

Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

1850-01-01/1860-01-01

North America | [no specific locality data]

Media type: image;   Herpetology R-194645

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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 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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  • previous number: 148

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: near full term hatchling with separate yolk and tail

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

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  • loose metal tag 148, found in jar with specimen, attached to catalogue tag; two bottle labels (one in Loveridge's handwriting) indicate (Orig. No. 148) that the egg of this specimen was laid June 21 and opened Oct. 19. No year is noted. Joe Martinez 19OCT2017

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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:
  • 1850-01-01 / 1860-01-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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