EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Deirochelys reticularia
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Emydidae (Pond Turtles)
subfamily.......Deirochelyinae ()
genus...............Deirochelys (Chicken Turtles)
species..............Deirochelys reticularia (Chicken Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Latreille 1801 : 124
- Holotype
- Formerly in MNHN, now lost; illustrated in the original description; CHM 54.48.1 designated neotype by Schwartz 1956a:466.
- Type Locality
- "Carolina"; restricted to "Charleston" [Charleston Co., South Carolina, USA] by Harper (1940:711); neotype is from "9 miles northwest of Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina" [USA] according to Schwartz (1956a:466)
- Original name
- Testudo reticularia
- Common Name
- Chicken Turtle
- Distribution
- USA
- Comments
- Reviewed by Schwartz (1956a) and Zug and Schwartz (1971).
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