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''Chelydra'' is one of the two extant genera of the snapping turtle family, Chelydridae, the other being '' Macrochelys'', the much larger alligator snapping turtle. The snapping turtles are native to the Americas, with ''Chelydra'' having three species, one in North America and two in Central America, one of which is also found in northwestern South America. Species The genus ''Chelydra'' has the following species: * '' Chelydra acutirostris'' ( W. Peters, 1862) – South American snapping turtle * '' Chelydra rossignonii'' ( Bocourt, 1868) – Central American snapping turtle * ''Chelydra serpentina'' (Linnaeus, 1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...) – common snapping turtle (North America) * '' Chelydra floridana''† * '' Chelydra laticarinata''† * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelydra Serpentina
The common snapping turtle (''Chelydra serpentina'') is a species of large freshwater turtle in the family Chelydridae. Its natural range extends from southeastern Canada, southwest to the edge of the Rocky Mountains, as far east as Nova Scotia and Florida. The three species of ''Chelydra'' and the larger alligator snapping turtles (genus ''Macrochelys'') are the only extant chelydrids, a family now restricted to the Americas. The common snapping turtle, as its name implies, is the most widespread. The common snapping turtle is noted for its combative disposition when out of the water with its powerful beak-like jaws, and highly mobile head and neck (hence the specific epithet ''serpentina'', meaning "snake-like"). In water, it is likely to flee and hide underwater in sediment. The common snapping turtle has a life-history strategy characterized by high and variable mortality of embryos and hatchlings, delayed sexual maturity, extended adult longevity, and iteroparity (repeated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Peters
Wilhelm Karl Hartwich (or Hartwig) Peters (22 April 1815 in Koldenbüttel – 20 April 1883) was a German natural history, naturalist and explorer. He was assistant to the anatomist Johannes Peter Müller and later became curator of the Natural History Museum, Berlin, Berlin Zoological Museum. Encouraged by Müller and the explorer Alexander von Humboldt, Peters travelled to Mozambique via Angola in September 1842, exploring the coastal region and the Zambesi River. He returned to Berlin with an enormous collection of natural history specimens, which he then described in ''Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique... in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgeführt'' (1852–1882). The work was comprehensive in its coverage, dealing with mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, river fish, insects and botany. He replaced Martin Lichtenstein as curator of the museum in 1858, and in the same year he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In a few years, he g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelydra
''Chelydra'' is one of the two extant taxon, extant genus, genera of the snapping turtle family, Chelydridae, the other being ''Macrochelys'', the much larger alligator snapping turtle. The snapping turtles are native to the Americas, with ''Chelydra'' having three species, one in North America and two in Central America, one of which is also found in northwestern South America. Species The genus ''Chelydra'' has the following species: * ''Chelydra acutirostris'' (Wilhelm Peters, W. Peters, 1862) – South American snapping turtle * ''Chelydra rossignonii'' (Marie Firmin Bocourt, Bocourt, 1868) – Central American snapping turtle * ''Chelydra serpentina'' (Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus, 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 1758) – common snapping turtle (North America) * ''Chelydra floridana''† * ''Chelydra laticarinata''† * ''Chelydra sculpta''† The three extant ''Chelydra'' species were once all considered to be several subspecies of ''Chelydra serpentina'', along with a fourth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelydra Sculpta
''Chelydra'' is one of the two extant genera of the snapping turtle family, Chelydridae, the other being ''Macrochelys'', the much larger alligator snapping turtle. The snapping turtles are native to the Americas, with ''Chelydra'' having three species, one in North America and two in Central America, one of which is also found in northwestern South America. Species The genus ''Chelydra'' has the following species: * '' Chelydra acutirostris'' ( W. Peters, 1862) – South American snapping turtle * '' Chelydra rossignonii'' ( Bocourt, 1868) – Central American snapping turtle * ''Chelydra serpentina'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – common snapping turtle The common snapping turtle (''Chelydra serpentina'') is a species of large freshwater turtle in the family Chelydridae. Its natural range extends from southeastern Canada, southwest to the edge of the Rocky Mountains, as far east as Nova Scotia ... (North America) * '' Chelydra floridana''† * '' Chelydra laticarinata''† * '' Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelydra Laticarinata
''Chelydra'' is one of the two extant genera of the snapping turtle family, Chelydridae, the other being ''Macrochelys'', the much larger alligator snapping turtle. The snapping turtles are native to the Americas, with ''Chelydra'' having three species, one in North America and two in Central America, one of which is also found in northwestern South America. Species The genus ''Chelydra'' has the following species: * '' Chelydra acutirostris'' ( W. Peters, 1862) – South American snapping turtle * '' Chelydra rossignonii'' ( Bocourt, 1868) – Central American snapping turtle * ''Chelydra serpentina'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – common snapping turtle (North America) * '' Chelydra floridana''† * '' Chelydra laticarinata''† * ''Chelydra sculpta ''Chelydra'' is one of the two extant genera of the snapping turtle family, Chelydridae, the other being ''Macrochelys'', the much larger alligator snapping turtle. The snapping turtles are native to the Americas, with ''Chelydra'' havi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelydra Floridana
''Chelydra'' is one of the two extant genera of the snapping turtle family, Chelydridae, the other being ''Macrochelys'', the much larger alligator snapping turtle. The snapping turtles are native to the Americas, with ''Chelydra'' having three species, one in North America and two in Central America, one of which is also found in northwestern South America. Species The genus ''Chelydra'' has the following species: * '' Chelydra acutirostris'' ( W. Peters, 1862) – South American snapping turtle * '' Chelydra rossignonii'' ( Bocourt, 1868) – Central American snapping turtle * ''Chelydra serpentina'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – common snapping turtle (North America) * '' Chelydra floridana''† * ''Chelydra laticarinata''† * ''Chelydra sculpta ''Chelydra'' is one of the two extant genera of the snapping turtle family, Chelydridae, the other being ''Macrochelys'', the much larger alligator snapping turtle. The snapping turtles are native to the Americas, with ''Chelydra'' havin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Common Snapping Turtle
The common snapping turtle (''Chelydra serpentina'') is a species of large freshwater turtle in the family Chelydridae. Its natural range extends from southeastern Canada, southwest to the edge of the Rocky Mountains, as far east as Nova Scotia and Florida. The three species of ''Chelydra'' and the larger alligator snapping turtles (genus '' Macrochelys'') are the only extant chelydrids, a family now restricted to the Americas. The common snapping turtle, as its name implies, is the most widespread. The common snapping turtle is noted for its combative disposition when out of the water with its powerful beak-like jaws, and highly mobile head and neck (hence the specific epithet ''serpentina'', meaning "snake-like"). In water, it is likely to flee and hide underwater in sediment. The common snapping turtle has a life-history strategy characterized by high and variable mortality of embryos and hatchlings, delayed sexual maturity, extended adult longevity, and iteroparity (repeat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
10th Edition Of Systema Naturae
The 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'' is a book written by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus and published in two volumes in 1758 and 1759, which marks the starting point of zoological nomenclature. In it, Linnaeus introduced binomial nomenclature for animals, something he had already done for plants in his 1753 publication of '' Species Plantarum''. Starting point Before 1758, most biological catalogues had used polynomial names for the taxa included, including earlier editions of ''Systema Naturae''. The first work to consistently apply binomial nomenclature across the animal kingdom was the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature therefore chose 1 January 1758 as the "starting point" for zoological nomenclature, and asserted that the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'' was to be treated as if published on that date. Names published before that date are unavailable, even if they would otherwise satisfy the rules. The only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy". Many of his writings were in Latin; his name is rendered in Latin as and, after his 1761 ennoblement, as . Linnaeus was born in Råshult, the countryside of Småland, in southern Sweden. He received most of his higher education at Uppsala University and began giving lectures in botany there in 1730. He lived abroad between 1735 and 1738, where he studied and also published the first edition of his ' in the Netherlands. He then returned to Sweden where he became professor of medicine and botany at Uppsala. In the 1740s, he was sent on several journeys through Sweden to find and classify plants and animals. In the 1750s and 1760s, he continued to collect an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central American Snapping Turtle
The Central American snapping turtle (''Chelydra rossignonii''), also known commonly as the Mexican snapping turtle and the Yucatan snapping turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Chelydridae. The species is endemic to Central America and Mexico. Taxonomy This species, ''Chelydra rossignonii'', was previously considered a subspecies of ''Chelydra serpentina''. It became a full species after scientists noticed some genetic differences and differences in the morphology of the two species' skulls. Etymology The specific name, ''rossignonii'', is in honor of French-born coffee grower Jules Rossignon.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Chelydra rossignoni'', p. 226). Subspecies There are no recognized subspecies of ''C. rossignonii''. Description ''C. rossignonii'' has a big head, lengthy tail, pointed snout, and a coarse carapace with three easily se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Firmin Bocourt
Marie Firmin Bocourt (19 April 1819 – 4 February 1904) was a French zoologist and artist. As a young man, he worked as a preparateur for the zoologist Gabriel Bibron (1805–1848), later serving as a museum artist. In 1861, he was sent to Thailand (then called Siam), where he explored the fauna and brought back an important collection of specimens. He collaborated with Auguste Duméril (1812–1870) on a series called ''Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique Centrale'', a result of Bocourt's scientific expedition to Mexico and Central America in 1864–1866, in one part during the French Intervention in Mexico led by Napoleon III. Auguste Duméril died in 1870, and the project was continued by Bocourt with assistance from Léon Vaillant (1834–1914), François Mocquard (1834–1917) and Fernand Angel (1881–1950). With Vaillant, he published a study on fishes, "''Études sur les poissons'' ", that was included in ''Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Améri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelydra Rossignonii
The Central American snapping turtle (''Chelydra rossignonii''), also known commonly as the Mexican snapping turtle and the Yucatan snapping turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Chelydridae. The species is endemic to Central America and Mexico. Taxonomy This species, ''Chelydra rossignonii'', was previously considered a subspecies of ''Chelydra serpentina''. It became a full species after scientists noticed some genetic differences and differences in the morphology of the two species' skulls. Etymology The specific name, ''rossignonii'', is in honor of French-born coffee grower Jules Rossignon.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Chelydra rossignoni'', p. 226). Subspecies There are no recognized subspecies of ''C. rossignonii''. Description ''C. rossignonii'' has a big head, lengthy tail, pointed snout, and a coarse carapace with three easily se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
