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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Chelydridae (Snapping Turtles)
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Chelydra (Common Snapping Turtles)
species
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C. serpentina (Common Snapping Turtle)
Original Description
Schweigger 1812 : 292
Common Name
Common Snapping Turtles
Distribution
Southern Canada through the eastern USA, Mexico, and Central America to Ecuador
Comments
Reviewed by Medem (1977), Smith and Smith (1979), and Ernst et al. (1988).
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