EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Clemmys guttata
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Emydidae (Pond Turtles)
subfamily.......Emydinae (Emydine Turtles)
genus...............Clemmys (Pond Turtles)
species..............Clemmys guttata (Spotted Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Schneider 1792 : 264
- Holotype
- Not known to exist
- Type Locality
- Not stated; designated as "vicinity of Philadelphia" [Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA] by Mittleman (1945:171)
- Original name
- Testudo guttata
- Common Name
- Spotted Turtle
- Distribution
- Southeastern Canada and from northeastern Illinois and Michigan to southern Maine and south to northern Florida in the USA
- Comments
- Reviewed by Ernst (1972a).
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