Taxonavigation

Superfamilia: Chelydroidea
Familia: Chelydridae
Genus: Chelydra
Species: Chelydra rossignonii

Name

• Chelydra rossignonii Bocourt 868:121
  • Type locality: marais de Pansos, près le Rio Polochie (Guatémala).
  • Syntypes: MNHN 1501, MNHN 1501A

Synonyms

• Emysaurus rossignonii Bocourt 868:121 (original combination)
  • Chelydra serpentina mexicanae Cope 1870:64 (nomen nudum)
  • Emysaurus Rossignonii Gray 1873:112
  • Chelydra rossignonii Cope 1872
  • Chelydra rossignoni Günther 1885: 10
  • Chelydra serpentina rossignonii Mertens et al. 1934
  • Chelydra rossignonii Bonin et al. 2006

References

• Bocourt, M. 1868. Descriptions de quelques chéloniens nouveaux appartenant a la faune Mexicaine. Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool., (Ser. 5)10(Pts. 1-3),p.121-122
• Cope, E. 1872. Synopsis of the species of the Chelydrinae. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia (ser. 3) 24: 22–29
• Günther, A. 1885. Reptilia and Batrachia. 'Biologia Centrali-Américana. Taylor, & Francis, London, 326 pp.
• Bonin, F., Devaux, B. & Dupré, A. 2006. Turtles of the World. English translation by P.C.H. Pritchard. Johns Hopkins University Press, 416 pp.

• Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B., and Bour, R.) 2014. Turtles of the world, 7th edition: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution with maps, and conservation status. Chelonian Research Monographs 5(7):000.329–479 Reference page. 

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