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)
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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