EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Clemmys muhlenbergii


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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Emydidae (Pond Turtles)
subfamily.......Emydinae (Emydine Turtles)
genus...............Clemmys (Pond Turtles)
species..............Clemmys muhlenbergii (Bog Turtle)
Original Description
Schoepff 1801 : 132
Holotype
Unknown
Type Locality
"Pensylvaniae" [= Pennsylvania]; restricted by Stejneger and Barbour (1917:114) to "Lancaster, [Lancaster Co.] Pennsylvania" [USA]
Original name
Testudo muhlenbergii
Common Name
Bog Turtle
Distribution
USA
Comments
Reviewed by Ernst and Bury (1977), Landry (1979), Warner (1981), and Groombridge (1982).
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