Biology:Chrysemys

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Short description: Genus of reptile

Chrysemys
Temporal range: 15–0 Ma
Neogenerecent[1]
Chrysemys picta marginata (27730831161).jpg
Painted turtle (Chrysemys picta)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Emydidae
Subfamily: Deirochelyinae
Genus: Chrysemys
Gray, 1844
Species

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Chrysemys is a genus of turtles in the family Emydidae. They are found throughout most of North America.[2]

Species

There are two extant species:[2]

Image Scientific Name Common Name Distribution
Chrysemys picta dorsalis (aka).jpg Chrysemys dorsalis Agassiz, 1857 Southern painted turtle south-central United States.
Eastern Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta picta) (49866261538) (cropped).jpg Chrysemys picta Schneider, 1783) Painted turtle southern Canada to northern Mexico

Fossil record

Several fossil species have been described, dating back to the Miocene.

Fossil species

  • Chrysemys corniculata[3]
  • Chrysemys isoni[5]
  • Chrisemys timidus (may belong to distinct genus)[4]
  • Chrisemys williamsi (may belong to distinct genus)[4]

References

  1. Ernst, Carl H.; Lovich, Jeffrey E. (2009). Turtles of the United States and Canada. JHU Press. pp. 184–185. ISBN 978-0-8018-9121-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=nNOQghYEXZMC. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Chrysemys at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. Jasinski, S.E. (2022). "A new species of Chrysemys (Emydidae: Deirochelyinae) from the latest Miocene-Early Pliocene of Tennessee, USA and its implications for the evolution of painted turtles". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society zlac084: 149–183. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac084. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Jasinski, S.E. (2018). "A new slider turtle (Testudines: Emydidae: Deirochelyinae: Trachemys) from the late Hemphillian (late Miocene/early Pliocene) of eastern Tennessee and the evolution of the deirochelyines". PeerJ 6: e4338. doi:10.7717/peerj.4338. PMID 29456887. 
  5. Weems, R.E.; George, R.A. (2013). "Amphibians and Nonmarine Turtles from the Miocene Calvert Formation of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia (USA)". Journal of Paleontology 87 (4): 570–588. doi:10.1666/12-071. Bibcode2013JPal...87..570W. 

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