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Original
Description |
Harlan 1835 : 158 |
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Type
Locality |
tributary stream of the Mississippi, which enters the river above Memphis, in west Tennessee[USA]; restricted to the Wolf River, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA by Bour (1987:343). |
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Holotype |
MNHN Laboratory of Comparative Anatomy No. A. 4540 (see Bour 1987:340-43 and Pritchard 1989:11-12); however, RMNH 6166, a large stuffed specimen of Macroclemys, is labelled "type" in the catalog, and was apparently sent by Troost from "Tennessee" according to Adler and Hoogmoed pers. comm. |
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Original name |
Chelonura temminckii |
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Common
name |
Alligator Snapping Turtle |
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Distribution |
Gulf of Mexico drainages from the Suwannee River in Florida to the San Antonio River in Texas and north to southern Illinois, USA |
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Comments |
Reviewed by Pritchard (1989). |
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