EMYSystem Species Page: Clemmys muhlenbergii
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OrderOrder Testudines (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
FamilyFamily Emydidae (Pond Turtles)
SubfamilySubfamily Emydinae (Emydine Turtles)
GenusGenus Clemmys (Pond Turtles)
SpeciesSpecies Clemmys muhlenbergii (Bog Turtle)
range of species Clemmys muhlenbergii
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Original Description Schoepff 1801 : 132
Type Locality "Pensylvaniae" [= Pennsylvania]; restricted by Stejneger and Barbour (1917:114) to "Lancaster, [Lancaster Co.] Pennsylvania" [USA]
Holotype Unknown
Original name Testudo muhlenbergii
Common name Bog Turtle
Distribution USA
Comments Reviewed by Ernst and Bury (1977), Landry (1979), Warner (1981), and Groombridge (1982).
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