Macrochelys

Folt, Brian & Guyer, Craig, 2015, Evaluating recent taxonomic changes for alligator snapping turtles (Testudines: Chelydridae), Zootaxa 3947 (3), pp. 447-450 : 450

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.3.11

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:22E4857A-E9E9-4530-A61A-9A69742EE1EF

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6119409

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EAAC43-FF85-FF84-FF6D-FE9C7FC7FD95

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Macrochelys
status

 

Key to the species of the genus Macrochelys

1a. Distance between distal tips of right and left 12th marginal scutes wider than distance between distal tips of 11th and 12th marginal scutes on either side ...................................................................................... Macrochelys suwanniensis

1b. Distance between distal tips of right and left 12th marginal scutes equal to or narrower than distance between distal tips of 11th and 12th marginal scutes on either side ................................................................ Macrochelys temminckii

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Testudines

Family

Chelydridae

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