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Reptilia
Testudines
Emydidae
Southern Painted Turtle
Chrysemys dorsalis
Agassiz, 1857
Current SSAR Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Mud Turtle
(
Chrysemys dorsalis
: Yarrow, Henry C.
1882
. Check list of North American Reptilia and Batrachia with catalogue of specimens in U. S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (24):1-249);
Southern Painted Turtle
(
Chrysemys dorsalis
: Beyer, George.
1900
. Louisana herpetology. Proceedings of the Louisiana Society of Naturalists 1897-1899():24-46);
Trelease's Turtle
(
Chrysemys treleasei
: Hurter, Julius.
1911
. Herpetology of Missouri. Transactions of the Academy of Science St. Louis 20(5):59-274);
Red-bellied Turtle
(
Chrysemys treleasei
: Hurter, Julius.
1911
. Herpetology of Missouri. Transactions of the Academy of Science St. Louis 20(5):59-274);
Southern Painted Turtle
(
Chrysemys picta dorsalis
: Schmidt, Karl P.
1953
. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);
Taxon Links:
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
NatureServe
iNaturalist
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Pertinent LIterature:
1857
Agassiz, Louis. Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America. Volume 1. Little, Brown & Company, Boston, Massachusets. 452pp.
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