EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Clemmys insculpta
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Emydidae (Pond Turtles)
subfamily.......Emydinae (Emydine Turtles)
genus...............Clemmys (Pond Turtles)
species..............Clemmys insculpta (Wood Turtle)
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- Original Description
- LeConte 1829 : 112
- Holotype
- A specimen in the MNHN is being designated as lectotype by R. Bour pers. comm.
- Type Locality
- "inhabits the northern states" [USA]; restricted by Schmidt (1953:92) to the "vicinity of New York City" [New York, USA]
- Original name
- Testudo insculpta
- Common Name
- Wood Turtle
- Distribution
- Eastern Minnesota and northeastern Iowa to northern Virginia and Maine, USA and southeastern Canada
- Comments
- Reviewed by Ernst (1972b).
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