CHECK LIST N. AMER. AMPH. KEPT. 113 



CHELYDRIDAE (FAMILY) 



Macrochelys (GENUS) 



GRAY, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1855 (Jan. 22, 1856), p. 200 

 TYPE: temminckii 



Macrochelys temminckii (HOLBROOK) 

 ALLIGATOR-SNAPPER 



Chelonura temminckii HOLBROOK 



N. Amer. Herp., Ed. 1, 1840, Vol. 4, p. 29, pi. 4. 

 Macrochelys temminckii GRAY 



Proc. Zool. Soc., London, 1855 (Jan. 22, 1856) p. 200. 



TYPE LOCALITY: Mississippi River and tributaries. 

 RANGE : Texas east to southeastern Georgia and northern Florida, 

 north in the Mississippi basin to northern Missouri. 



Chelydra (GENUS) 



SCHWEIGGER, Konigsberg. Arch. Naturw. Math., Vol. 1, 1812, Pt. 3, p. 292 



TYPE: serpentina 



Chelydra serpentina (LINNE) 

 COMMON SNAPPER 



Testudo serpentina LINNE 



Syst. Nat., Ed. 10, Vol. 1, 1758, p. 199. 

 Chelydra serpentina SCHWEIGGER 



Konigsberg. Arch. Naturw. Math., Vol. 1, 1812, Pt. 3, p. 293. 



TYPE LOCALITY: " Warmer regions." 



RANGE: Eastern North America from southern Canada to the 

 Gulf of Mexico and west to the Rocky Mountains. 



TESTUDINIDAE (FAMILY) 



Clemmys (GENUS) 



RITGEN, Nova Acta Ac. Leopold. -Carol., Vol. 14, Pt. 1, 1828, p. 272 

 TYPE: punctata = guttata 



Clemmys guttata (SCHNEIDER) 

 SPOTTED TURTLE 



Testudo guttata SCHNEIDER 



Schr. Ges. Naturf . Freunde Berlin, Vol. 10, 1792, p. 264. 

 Clemmys guttata STRAUCH 

 Mem. Ac. Sci. St. Petersbourg, Ser. 7, Vol. 5, No. 7, 1862, p. 107. 



