South American snapping turtle

South American snapping turtle
A South American snapping turtle in the Cali Zoo
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Chelydridae
Genus:	Chelydra
Species:	C. acutirostris
Binomial name
Chelydra acutirostris W. Peters, 1862[1][2]
Synonyms[2]
Chelydra serpentina var. acutirostris W. Peters, 1862 Chelydra acutirostris — Babcock, 1932 Chelydra angustirostris Dunn, 1945 (ex errore)

The South American snapping turtle (Chelydra acutirostris)[1] is a species of turtle in the family Chelydridae.[1] This species, which is endemic to Central and northwestern South America, was previously considered a subspecies of Chelydra serpentina.[1] Its restricted range in South America reflects its recent arrival there as part of the Great American Interchange.

Geographic range

Chelydra acutirostris is found in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador[1] and Peru.

Subspecies

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

References

1. Rhodin 2010, p. 000.91
2. 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.

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 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-12-15.

Further reading

• Peters W (1862). "Über einen neuen Phyllodactylus aus Guayaquil ". Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1862: 626–627. ("Chelydra serpentina var. acutirostris ", new variety, p. 627). (in German and Latin).