Central American snapping turtle

Central American snapping turtle
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Subclass:	Anapsida
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Chelydridae
Genus:	Chelydra
Species:	C. rossignonii
Binomial name
Chelydra rossignonii[1][2] (Bocourt, 1868)[1][2]
Synonyms[3]
Emysaurus rossignonii Bocourt, 1868 Chelydra serpentina var. mexicana Cope, 1870 (nomen nudum) Chelydra rossignonii — Cope, 1872 Chelydra rossignoni — Günther, 1885 (ex errore) Chelydra serpentina rossignoni — Mertens, Müller & Rust, 1934 Chelydra serpentina rossignonii — Mertens & Wermuth, 1955

The Central American snapping turtle (Chelydra rossignonii )^[1] is a species of turtle in the family Chelydridae.^[1] This species was previously considered a subspecies of Chelydra serpentina.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, rossignonii, is in honor of French-born coffee grower Jules Rossignon.^[4]

Geographic range

C. rossignonii is found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico.^[1]

Subspecies

There are no recognized subspecies of C. rossignonii.^[1][2]

References

1. Rhodin 2010, pp. 000.91-000.92
2. Fritz 2007, pp. 171
3. Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 171. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Chelydra rossignoni, p. 226).

Bibliography

• Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley (2010-12-14). "Turtles of the World 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution and Conservation Status" (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
• Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007-10-31). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 2010-12-29. Retrieved 2010-12-29.

Further reading

• Bocourt, M.F. (1868). "Description de quelques chéloniens nouveaux appartenant a la faune Mexicaine ". Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie et Paléontologie, Paris, 5th Series 10: 121-122. (Emysaurus rossignonii, new species).