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Reptilia
Testudines
Emydidae
Chicken Turtle
Deirochelys reticularia
(Latreille in Sonnini de Manoncourt and Latreille, 1801)
Current SSAR Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Reticulated Terrapin
(
Emys reticulata
: Gray, John E.
1830
. A synopsis of the species of the class reptilia. Pages 1-110 in The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with its Organization by the Baron Cuvier, member of teh Institute of France, with Additional Descriptions of all the Species Hitherto Named, and of many not before noticed. Ninth Volume. Whittaker, Treacher, and Company, London, England. pp.);
Chicken Tortoise
(
Emys reticularia
: Gray, John E.
1856
. Catalogue of shield reptiles in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Testudinata (Tortoises). Taylor and Francis, London, England. 79pp.);
Chicken Turtle
(
Chrysemys reticulata
: 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 reticulata
: Davis, N. S. Jr. and Frank L. Rice.
1883
. Descriptive catalogue of North American batrachia and reptilia, found east of Mississippi River. Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin 1(5):71);
Chicken Turtle
(
Deirochelys reticulata
: Brimley, Clement S.
1915
. List of reptiles and amphibians of North Carolina. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 30(4):195-206);
Chicken Turtle
(
Deirochelys reticularia
: 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:
1801
Latreille, Pierre Andr. XXII Genre. Hétérodon, Heterodon. Pages 32-37 in Sonnini and Latreille, Histoire Naturelle des Reptiles avec figures dessinées d’après nature, Vol. 4: Chez Deterville, Paris, France.. pp.
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