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The eastern chicken turtle (D. r. reticularia ) is the turtle originally described by Latreille in 1801. It is the largest of the chicken turtles, with males measuring up to 16.5 cm (6.5 in) and females up to 26.0 cm (10.2 in). [ 18 ]
Chrysemys dorsalis - southern painted turtle; Chrysemys picta - painted turtle eastern painted turtle (Chrysemys picta picta) midland painted turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata) western painted turtle (Chrysemys picta bellii) Deirochelys Agassiz, 1857: Deirochelys reticularia - chicken turtle Eastern chicken turtle (Deirochelys reticularia ...
Deirochelys is a genus of freshwater turtle in the family Emydidae, the pond and marsh turtles. It contains one extant species, the chicken turtle (Deirochelys reticularia), which is native to the southeastern United States. A second extinct member, Deirochelys carri, is known from a fossil found in Alachua County, Florida. [3]
Eastern musk turtle Sternotherus odoratus; Family: Emydidae. Eastern painted turtle Chrysemys picta picta; Spotted turtle Clemmys guttata; Eastern chicken turtle Deirochelys reticularia reticularia; Bog turtle Glyptemys muhlenbergii; Northern map turtle Graptemys geographica; Diamond-backed terrapin Malaclemys terrapin; Eastern river cooter ...
eastern chicken turtle: Emydidae: Low Graptemys barbouri: Barbour's map turtle: Emydidae: High Graptemys ernsti: Escambia map turtle: Emydidae: Moderate Graptemys geographica: northern map turtle: Emydidae: Low Graptemys nigrinoda delticola: delta map turtle southern black-knobbed sawback: Emydidae: Moderate Graptemys nigrinoda nigrinoda: black ...
Spotted turtle; Painted turtle; Chicken turtle; Coastal plain cooter; Common box turtle; false map turtle; Escambia map turtle; Barbour's map turtle; Florida red-bellied cooter; Peninsula cooter; Suwannee cooter; Red-eared slider; Yellow-bellied slider; Eastern river cooter; Diamondback terrapin
Emydidae (Latin emys (freshwater tortoise) + Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos, “appearance, resemblance”)) is a family of testudines (turtles) that includes close to 50 species in 10 genera. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Members of this family are commonly called terrapins , pond turtles , or marsh turtles . [ 1 ]
Common box turtle, Terrapene carolina (Linnaeus, 1758) Florida box turtle, Terrapene carolina bauri Taylor, 1895; Eastern box turtle, Terrapene carolina carolina (Linnaeus, 1758) Gulf Coast box turtle, Terrapene carolina major (Agassiz, 1857) Terrapene carolina putnami O.P. Hay, 1906 (extinct) Three-toed box turtle, Terrapene carolina triunguis ...