Belize Biodiversity Information System

   Wildlife Conservation Society

   Ministry of Natural Resources' Land Information Centre

   01/19/98

  NAME -                 Snapping turtle

  ORDER -                TESTUDINES
  FAMILY -               Chelydridae
  SCIENTIFIC NAME -      Chelydra serpentina

  SYNONYMS - Testudo serpentina, Linnaeus, 1758 and Chelydra serpentina, rossignonii, Bocourt

  REFERENCES - 4 and  1

  District                                                     Reference

  Toledo, Belize                                                       3
 
  Administrative Unit                  Occurrence          Temporal    Reference

  Columbia River Forest Reserve                                               3
  Government land                                                             3
  The Dump (Proposed)                                                         3
  

  Hydrologic Association         Reference

  Rio Grande                           3
  Moho River                           3
  Golden Stream                        3
  

  1:50,000 Quadrangle                   Reference

  16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15'           3
  16 15' to 16 30'; 88 45' to 89 00'           3
  16 00' to 16 15'; 89 00' to 89 15'           3
  16 00' to 16 15'; 88 45' to 89 00'           3
  

  General Distribution Comments

  3 * Blue Creek

  References

  1  King, F. W. , R. L. Blake eds. 1989. Crocodilian, Tuatara, and Turtle
     Species of the World.  A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. ASC. Wash.
     DC. pp. 25-26.
  
  2  Meerman, J., 1994. Summary of Herpetofauna Distributions in Belize.
     Report to National Protected Areas Management Project.
  
  3  Moll, D. 1985.  New Records for Chelydra serpintina rossignoni in
     Belize.  Bulletin Maryland Herpetological Society. 21(1):34-37.
  
  4  Lee, Julian C. 1996.  The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Yucatán
     Peninsula.  Comstock Publishing Associates. Ithaca, New York.