EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Emydoidea blandingii
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Emydidae (Pond Turtles)
subfamily.......Emydinae (Emydine Turtles)
genus...............Emydoidea (Blanding's Turtles)
species..............Emydoidea blandingii (Blanding's Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Holbrook 1838 : 35
- Holotype
- ANSP 26123
- Type Locality
- " . . . Fox river, a tributary of the Illinois" [Illinois, USA]
- Original name
- Cistuda blandingii
- Common Name
- Blanding's Turtle
- Distribution
- The Great Lakes region of Canada and the USA, west to Nebraska, USA; scattered populations from southeastern New York, USA to Nova Scotia, Canada
- Comments
- Reviewed by McCoy (1973).
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