MCZ Herpetology R-200756

Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

1850-01-01/1860-01-01

North America | [no specific locality data]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:R-200756 JSON-LD

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: [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;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Agassiz 1857 Description: text and color plates

  • previous number: 166
  • previous number: MCZ:Herp:R-194644

Part Condition Disposition Count
skull-less whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: no head

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

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  • bottle label, in Loveridge's handwriting, found with specimens reads in part 'Egg laid 10.VI.1855, Hatched 15.X.55' Joe Martinez 19OCT2017. MCZ:Herp:R-194644 was a lot number prior to 28May2024, comprised of 1 hatchling emerging from egg (now solely MCZ:Herp:R-194644), 1 eggshell, and 2 headless hatchlings (now catalogue as MCZ:Herp:R-200756 and R-200757) - Stevie Kennedy-Gold, 28May2024

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

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  • [Masked]

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