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Chelydra rossignonii (BOCOURT, 1868)

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Higher TaxaChelydridae, Testudines (turtles)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Yucatán Snapping Turtle
S: Chiquiguao 
SynonymEmysaurus rossignonii BOCOURT 1868
Chelydra rossignonii — COPE 1872
Emysaurus Rossignonii — GRAY 1873: 112
Chelydra rossignoni — GÜNTHER 1885: 10
Chelydra serpentina rossignonii — MERTENS et al. 1934
Chelydra rossignoni — STUART 1963
Chelydra serpentina rossignonii — LINER 1994
Chelydra rossignonii — BONIN et al 2006
Chelydra rossignonii — RHODIN et al. 2010
Chelydra rossignonii — MCCRANIE 2018
Chelydra rossignonii — TTWG 2021
Chelydra rossignonii — TTWG 2025 
DistributionMexico (Oaxaca, Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Chiapas), Belize, Guatemala, NE Honduras (including Utila)

Type locality: marais de Pansos, près le Rio Polochie (Guatémala).  
Reproductionoviparous. Temperature‐dependent sex determination (TSD) fide Nemesházi & Bókony 2023. 
TypesSyntypes: MNHN-RA 1501 and MNHN-RA 1501A (2 specimens) 
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CommentHabitat: freshwater (swamps, rivers)

Distribution: see map in TTWG 2025. 
EtymologyThe name rossignonii is a patronym for Jules Rossignon, a Frenchman who lived for some time in Guatemala in the mid-1800s. 
References
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  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Bocourt,M.F. 1868. Descriptions de quelques chéloniens nouveaux appartenant a la faune Mexicaine. Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool., (Ser. 5) 10 (Pts. 1-3), p. 121-122 - get paper here
  • Bonin, F., Devaux, B. & Dupré, A. 2006. Turtles of the World. English translation by P.C.H. Pritchard. Johns Hopkins University Press, 416 pp.
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  • BROWN, T., AUGUSTINUS, E., IZAGUIRRE, A., & SOLIS, J. M. 2021. Central American Snapping Turtle (Chelydridae, Chelydra rossignonii) on Utila Island, Honduras, Demonstrates Hurricanes are a Likely Past and Future Oversea Dispersal Pathway for Species Introduction in the Caribbean. Caribbean Journal of Science, 51, 30-36 - get paper here
  • Campbell, J.A. 1998. Amphibians and reptiles of northern Guatemala, the Yucatán, and Belize. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, xiii + 380 pp. - get paper here
  • Cope, E.D. 1872. Synopsis of the species of the Chelydrinae. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia (ser. 3) 24: 22-29 - get paper here
  • García-Padilla, E., Mata-Silva, V., Villalobos-Juárez, I., López-Esquivel, E. A., Lavariega, M. C., Rocha, A., DeSantis, D. L., Melgar-Martínez, A. I., Johnson, J. D., Fucsko, L. A., Lazcano, D., & Wilson, L. D. 2022. Anfibios y reptiles de la región de los Chimalapas, Istmo de Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México:: composición, categorización distribucional, estado de conservación y significado para la biodiversidad. Biología Y Sociedad, 5(10), 37–76 - get paper here
  • Gray,J.E. 1873. Notes on the tortoises of the ‘Zoology of Mexico’ of MM.A. Duméril and Bocourt. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 12: 109-114 - get paper here
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  • Mata-Silva, Vicente, Jerry D. Johnson, Larry David Wilson and Elí García-Padilla. 2015. The herpetofauna of Oaxaca, Mexico: composition, physiographic distribution, and conservation status. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (1): 6–62 - get paper here
  • McCranie, James R. 2015. A checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with additions, comments on taxonomy, some recent taxonomic decisions, and areas of further studies needed. Zootaxa 3931 (3): 352–386 - get paper here
  • McCranie, James R. 2018. The Lizards, Crocodiles, and Turtles of Honduras. Systematics, Distribution, and Conservation. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Special Publication Series (2): 1- 666 - get paper here
  • Melgar-Martínez, A. I., Ruan-Soto, F., Chankin-Chankayun, E., García-Padilla, E., Villalobos-Juárez, I., Mata-Silva, V., López-Esquivel, E.A.,Fucsko, L.A.; Lavariega, M.C.; Johnson, J.D.; Lazcano D. & Wilson, L. D. 2023. The amphibians and reptiles of the Northern Selva Lacandona:: Nahá and Metzabok, Ocosingo, Chiapas, México; with some ethnoherpetological notes. Biología y Sociedad, 6(12), 48-78 - get paper here
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  • Solís, J. M., L. D. Wilson, and J. H. Townsend. 2014. An updated list of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with comments on their nomenclature. Mesoamerican Herpetology 1: 123–144 - get paper here
  • Stuart, L. C. 1948. The amphibians and reptiles of Alta Verapaz Guatamala. Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 69: 1-109 - get paper here
  • Stuart, L.C. 1963. A checklist of the herpetofauna of Guatemala. Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool., Univ. Michigan (No. 122): 1-150 - get paper here
  • Torres-Hernández, LA, Ramírez-Bautista A, Cruz-Elizalde R, Hernández-Salinas U, Berriozabal-Islas C, DeSantis DL, Johnson JD, Rocha A, García-Padilla E, Mata-Silva V, Fucsko LA, and Wilson LD. 2021. The herpetofauna of Veracruz, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 15(2) [General Section]: 72–155 - get paper here
  • TTWG [TURTLE TAXONOMY WORKING GROUP: RHODIN, A.G.J., IVERSON, J.B., FRITZ, U., GALLEGO-GARCÍA, N., GEORGES, A., SHAFFER, H.B., AND VAN DuK, P.P.]. 2025. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (10th Ed.). In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., van Dijk, P.P., Stanford, C.B., Goode, E.V., Buhlmann, K.A., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs 10:1-575 - get paper here
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