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The chicken turtle (Deirochelys reticularia) is a turtle native to the southeastern United States. It is the only extant member of the genus Deirochelys and is a member of the freshwater marsh turtle family Emydidae. The chicken turtle's scientific name refers to its extremely long neck and distinctive net-like pattern on its upper shell.
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]
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 ...
leatherback sea turtle: Dermochelyidae: Highest/ U.S. Fish and Wildlife lists as endangered Chrysemys picta picta: eastern painted turtle: Emydidae: Lowest Chrysemys picta dorsalis: southern painted turtle: Emydidae: Lowest Chrysemys picta marginata: midland painted turtle: Emydidae: Lowest Deirochelys reticularia reticularia: eastern chicken ...
Eastern box turtles range in size from 4.5 to 8 in (11 to 20 cm) long. Eastern box turtle in Florida. Eastern box turtles have many uniquely identifying characteristics as part of the box turtle group. While the female's plastron is flat, it is concave in males so the male may fit over the back end of the female's carapace during mating.
Swarm is an open-source agent-based modeling simulation package, useful for simulating the interaction of agents (social or biological) and their emergent collective behavior. Swarm was initially developed at the Santa Fe Institute in the mid-1990s, and since 1999 has been maintained by the non-profit Swarm Development Group .
Actinemys marmorata (Baird & Girard, 1852) – northwestern pond turtle, northern Pacific pond turtle Actinemys pallida ( Seeliger , 1945) – southwestern pond turtle, southern Pacific pond turtle Nota bene : A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Actinemys .
Clemmys guttata - spotted turtle; Emys A.M.C. Duméril, 1805: Emys orbicularis – European pond turtle; Emys trinacris – Sicilian pond turtle; Emydoidea Holbrook, 1838: Emydoidea blandingii - Blanding's turtle; Actinemys Agassiz, 1857: Actinemys marmorata - western pond turtle; Actinemys pallida - southwestern pond turtle; Glyptemys Agassiz ...