South American snapping turtle

South American snapping turtle
	A South American snapping turtle in the Cali Zoo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Chelydridae
Genus:	Chelydra
Species:	C. acutirostris
Binomial name
	Chelydra acutirostris; W. Peters, 1862
Synonyms
	Chelydra serpentina var. acutirostris W. Peters, 1862; Chelydra acutirostris ; — Babcock, 1932; Chelydra angustirostris ; Dunn, 1945 (ex errore);

The South American snapping turtle (Chelydra acutirostris)^[1] is a species of turtle in the family Chelydridae.^[1] This species, which is endemic to Central and northwestern South America, was previously considered a subspecies of Chelydra serpentina.^[1] Its restricted range in South America reflects its recent arrival there as part of the Great American Interchange.

Geographic range

There are no recognized subspecies of C. acutirostris.^[1]^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Rhodin 2010, p. 000.91
^ ^a ^b ^c Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 171. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 29 May 2012.

Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, 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 (PDF) on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-12-15.