EMYSystem Species Page: Deirochelys reticularia
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OrderOrder Testudines (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
FamilyFamily Emydidae (Pond Turtles)
SubfamilySubfamily Deirochelyinae ()
GenusGenus Deirochelys (Chicken Turtles)
SpeciesSpecies Deirochelys reticularia (Chicken Turtle)
range of species Deirochelys reticularia
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Original Description Latreille 1801 : 124
Type Locality "Carolina"; restricted to "Charleston" [Charleston Co., South Carolina, USA] by Harper (1940:711); neotype is from "9 miles northwest of Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina" [USA] according to Schwartz (1956a:466)
Holotype Formerly in MNHN, now lost; illustrated in the original description; CHM 54.48.1 designated neotype by Schwartz 1956a:466.
Original name Testudo reticularia
Common name Chicken Turtle
Distribution USA
Comments Reviewed by Schwartz (1956a) and Zug and Schwartz (1971).
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