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Central American snapping turtle
Conservation status
Central American snapping turtle
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1][2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Chelydridae
Genus: Chelydra
Species:
C. rossignonii
Binomial name
Chelydra rossignonii
(Bocourt, 1868)[2][3]
Synonyms[4][5]
  • Emysaurus rossignonii
    Bocourt, 1868
  • Chelydra serpentina var. mexicana
    Cope, 1870
    (nomen nudum)
  • Chelydra rossignonii
    — Cope, 1872
  • Chelydra rossignoni [sic]
    — Günther, 1885
    (ex errore)
  • Chelydra serpentina rossignoni
    — Mertens, L. Müller & Rust, 1934
  • Chelydra serpentina rossignonii
    — Mertens & Wermuth, 1955
  • Chelydra rossignonii
    — Bonin, Devaux & Dupré, 2006

The Central American snapping turtle (Chelydra rossignonii),[2] also known commonly as the Mexican snapping turtle[6] and the Yucatán snapping turtle,[6] is a species of turtle in the family Chelydridae.[2] The species is endemic to Central America and Mexico.

  1. ^ van Dijk PP, Lee J, Calderón Mandujano R, Flores-Villela O, Lopez-Luna MA, Vogt RC (2007). "Chelydra rossignonii (errata version published in 2016)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63660A97408221. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63660A12704652.en. Downloaded on 22 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d Rhodin et al. 2010, pp. 000.91–000.92
  3. ^ Fritz & Havaš 2007, p. 171
  4. ^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 171. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755. S2CID 87809001.
  5. ^ Species Chelydra rossignonii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  6. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference EDR was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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