MCZ Special Collections 2506

Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

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: legacy

Part	Condition	Disposition	Count
histological serial section (histological slide)	poor	on loan	15	History (4)
Remarks: Series A-O; excellent apart from peeling labels
section fixation = Zenker's fluid section plane = transverse section stain = Alum cochineal, Orange G section thickness = 8 microns

Attribute	Value	Determination	On
specimen length	10 mm	[no agent data]
stage description	unknown	[no agent data]

Photograph; No photograph, but drawing #2140. "Damaged"; Series A-O; excellent apart from peeling labels

Specific Locality:
[no specific locality data]
Verbatim Locality:
[no verbatim locality data]
Locality Remarks:
Generic '[no specific locality data]' record. *PLEASE DO NOT EDIT*
Collecting Method:
unknown
Collecting Source:
unknown
Began Date / Ended Date:
1700-01-02 / 2015-05-08
Verbatim Date:
Prepared:-n/a
Collecting Event Remarks:
End of date collected range set to latest date of data entry for a cataloged item in this collecting event
Collector:
None