Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus) – Snapping Turtle

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	Exact locality, based on specimen(s) or photographs examined
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	Approximate locality based on specimen(s) or photographs examined
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	Type locality
?	Questionable and/or problematic record

Taxonomy: Chelydra serpentina is considered a monotypic species (Iverson et al. 2012).  

Distribution: Snapping Turtles occur throughout Tennessee. 

Museum Records by Counties: Benton—APSU 14095. Bledsoe—NCSM 40873. Blount—USNM 86695.  Claiborne—USNM 86732-86734.  Clay—LSUMZ  25164.  Coffee—APSU 17679.  Crockett—UTKVZC 5545.  Davidson—CMNH  R3195;  UMMZ 112284.  Decatur—APSU 19360.  Dyer—APSU 19580.  Gibson—APSU 18929.  Giles—UMMZ 90050.  Greene—UMMZ 103596-103598. Grundy—APSU 19073.  Hardeman—CMNH 75998, 76005, 76015.  Hardin—APSU 17256.  Henderson—APSU 19412.  Hickman—APSU 17254.  Jefferson—USNM 86779.  Johnson—APSU 18599.  Knox—UMMZ 74207, 74208; UTKVZC 4758, 4781, 4782.  Lake—APSU 12643, 14093, 14097; CMNH 95443, 96087, 107532, 107543, 107544, 107557, 107569; INHS 15178, 15596; KU 204362; UIMNH 15782, 16266.  Lauderdale—APSU 19409.  Lawrence—APSU 19331.  Lewis—APSU 19336.  Madison—UMMZ 74205, 74206.  Marshall—APSU 18983.  Maury—APSU 19250.  McMinn—FLMNH Uncataloged (2 specimens). Meigs—FLMNH 64733.  Monroe—FLMNH 64724, 64727, 64728, 65095, 65098, 65099, 65101, 65102, 65104, 65105, 65109, Uncataloged (4 specimens).  Montgomery—APSU 1022, 1410, 2652, 3241, 4471, 5329, 5335, 5567; FLMNH 40530.  Obion—APSU 12009, 14099; CMNH 76006, 87033, 129872, 137012; UIMNH 39; UL 4671; USNM 102909; UTKVZC 3876.  Overton—TTU Uncataloged (1 specimen).   Perry—APSU 12641; CMNH 76002, 76008.   Polk—FLMNH 65110, Uncataloged (2 specimens).  Putnam—LSUMZ 52123; MSU 1198; TTU 871, 891, Uncataloged (1 specimen).  Roane—FLMNH Uncataloged (1 specimen); USNM 86697, 86698, 86735, 86736.   Sevier—GSMNP 4160-4162, 4164; USNM 86669, 86683, 86684.   Shelby—APSU 11911, 11912, 11929, 11930, 12006, 12010, 12202, 12642, 12645, 12804, 12950,  14094, 16938, 17894; CMNH 76001, 76004, 76012.   Smith—USNM 86784.   Stewart—APSU 470, 567, 701, 702, 714, 727, 5014, 5015, 5791, 5935.   Tipton—CMNH 75996.   Trousdale—APSU 19187.  Union—APSU 19183.  Warren—INHS 10173; UMMZ 127056.   Weakley—UMMZ 98651.   White—TTU 521; UTKVZC 6521.  Williamson—APSU 12570, 12644; CMNH 75993, 76011. 

Literature Sources by Counties: Anderson—Meyers-Schöne and Walton (1990), Meyers-Schöne et al. (1993).  Bedford—Miller (2013d).  Benton—Parker (1948).  Blount—Huheey and Stupka (1967), Andreadis (1997).  Bradley—Miller (2013d).  Campbell—Starnes (1984).  Cannon—Murphy and Scharber (1973).  Carter—Miller (2013d).  Carroll—Miller (2013d).  Cheatham—West (2003), Hopkins (2013).  Chester—Endsley (1954).  Clay—Gentry (1941), Shoup et al. (1941).  Cocke—Miller (2013d).  Coffee—Berthel (2002), Berthel and Miller (2002), Miller et al. (2005), Niemiller (2005).  Cumberland—Miller (2013d).  Davidson—Donnell (1936), Gibson (1980).  Decatur—Colvin et al. (2013).  Dyer—Colvin and Dennison (2015a).  Fayette—Parker (1948), Ream (2008).  Fentress—Gentry (1941).  Franklin—Miller (2013d).  Grundy—Cantrell et al. (2011).  Hamilton—Miller (2013d).  Hardeman—Norton (1971), Norton and Harvey (1975).  Hawkins—Alsop (1975).  Haywood—Stanley (2005).  Henry—Blanchard (1922).  Humphreys—Williamson (2001a).  Jefferson—Rodgers and Schreiber (1958).  Knox—Taylor (1968), Froese and Burghardt (1975), Froese (1978).  Lake—Parker (1948), Glorioso and Niemiller (2006).  Lauderdale—Flaherty et al. (2013b).  Lawrence—Foster et al. (2013).  Lewis—Foster et al. (2013).  Lincoln—Gentry (1944).  Marion—Miller (2013d).  Maury—Foster et al. (2013).  Monroe—Johnson (1958).  Montgomery—Scott (1967), Scott and Snyder (1968), Zirkle (1993), Fitch (1998).  Moore—Miller (2013d).  Morgan—Miller (2013d).  Obion—Rhoads (1895), Parker (1937a, 1948), Clapper (1950), Schoffman (1949).  Overton—Gentry (1941), Shoup et al. (1941), DeLotelle (1976), Weber and Layzer (2011), Weber and Layzer (2014).  Pickett—Gentry (1941), Shoup et al. (1941).  Polk—Ash (1945).  Putnam—Gentry (1941), Shoup et al. (1941).  Roane—Krumholz (1954), Johnson (1964), Meyers-Schöne and Walton (1990), Meyers-Schöne et al. (1993), VanAudenhove (1997).  Rutherford—Edney (1949), Limsuwan and Dunn (1977, 1978), Cooper and Sharp (1982), Varner (1995), Lamb (1996, 2001), Spiess (2004), Glorioso and Niemiller (2006), Niemiller et al. (2011), Landry (2010).  Sevier—Necker (1934), King (1939), Huheey and Stupka (1967).  Shelby—Parker (1948), Hassell (1961), Justis (2006).  Stewart—Rozelle (1999).  Sullivan—Miller (2013d).  Sumner—Breitburg (1983b).  Trousdale—Fulbright and Wagner (2013a).  Unicoi—Miller (2013d).  Union—Nelson et al. (2012).  Van Buren—Miller (2013d).  Washington—Rhoads (1895), Phillips (1969), Phillips and Richmond (1971). Williamson—West (2003).  Wilson—Niemiller et al. (2011). 

Questionable and/or Erroneous Records: None. 

Conservation Status: None.

Posted: 27 September 2010

Latest Revision: 27 January 2017

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