South American snapping turtle

South American snapping turtle
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Chelydridae
Genus:	Chelydra
Species:	Chelydra acutirostris Peters, 1862[1][2]
Synonyms[1][2]
Chelydra serpentina var. acutirostris Peters, 1862

The South American snapping turtle (Chelydra acutirostris)^[1] is a turtle from the Chelydridae family.^[1] The species was previously considered a subspecies of Chelydra serpentina.^[1]

Distribution

Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.^[1]

Subspecies

• No subspecies^[1][2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} Rhodin 2010, p. 000.91
2. ^ ^{a b c} Fritz 2007, pp. 171

Bibliography

• Rhodin, Anders G.J.; Paul van Dijk, Peter; Inverson, 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 on 2010-12-15. http://www.webcitation.org/5uzfktoIh. Retrieved 2010-12-15. 
• Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007-10-31). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (pdf). Archived from the original on 2010-12-29. http://www.webcitation.org/5vKyEUcP0. Retrieved 2010-12-29.