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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Emydidae (Pond Turtles)
subfamily.......Emydinae (Emydine Turtles)
genus...............Clemmys (Pond Turtles)
species
species list
C. guttata (Spotted Turtle)
C. insculpta (Wood Turtle)
C. marmorata (Pacific Pond Turtle)
C. muhlenbergii (Bog Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Ritgen 1828 : 270
- Common Name
- Pond Turtles
- Distribution
- Southeastern Canada and eastern Minnesota to northern Florida (USA); extreme southwestern Canada to northern Baja California (Mexico)
- Comments
- Reviewed by Bury and Ernst (1977) and Smith and Smith (1979). Merkle (1975) studied relationships using protein electrophoresis.
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