Taxonomic history of the genus Chelydra (original) (raw)

_Chelydra_ Schweigger 1812

    _Chelydra serpentina_ (Linnaeus, 1758)
        _Testudo serpentina_ Linnaeus, 1758
        _Testudo serpentaria_ Wiedemann, 1802
            (_nom. subst. pro_ _Testudo serpentina_ Linnaeus, 1758)
        _Chelydra serpentina_ Schweigger, 1812
        _Devisia mythodes_ Ogilby, 1905
        _Chelydra serpentina_; Stebbins, 1985
        _Chelydra serpentina_; Conant & Collins, 1991
        _Chelydra lacertina_ Schweigger, 1812
        _Testudo longicauda_ Shaw, 1831 (_nomen nudum_)
        _Macroclemys lacertina_; Rhoads, 1895
        _Chelydra emarginata_ Agassiz, 1857

        _Chelydra serpentina serpentina_ (Linnaeus, 1758)
            _Chelydra serpentina_ (Linnaeus, 1758)
            _Chelydra serpentina serpentina_ Stejneger, 1914

        _Chelydra serpentina acutirostris_ (Peters, 1862)
            _Chelydra serpentina_ var. _acutirostris_ Peters 1862
            _Chelydra angustirostris_ Dunn, 1945 (_ex errore_)

        _Chelydra serpentina osceola_ Stejneger, 1918
            _Chelydra osceola_ Stejneger, 1918
            _Chelydra serpentina osceola_ Mertens, 1934

        _Chelydra serpentina rossignoni_ (Bocourt, 1868)
            _Emysaurus rossignonii_ Bocourt, 1868
            _Chelydra rossignonii_; Cope, 1872 
            _Chelydra serpentina rossignonii_; Mertens et al., 1934
            _Chelydra serpentina rossignonii_; Liner, 1994

Reference(s):

• Uetz, P., Etzold, T. & Chenna, R., 1995-2000: The TIGR Reptile Database [former EMBL Reptile Database]
  –iNet: http://www.reptile-database.org/