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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)
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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