Actinemys
Appearance
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Western pond turtle,(Actinemys marmorata) | |
Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
Family: | Emydidae |
Subfamily: | Emydinae |
Genus: | Actinemys Agassiz,1857 |
Actinemysis a smallgenusofturtlesin thefamilyEmydidae.[1]The genus isendemicto the west coast ofNorth America.The genus contains two species.
Species
[edit]The following two species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- 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:Abinomial authorityin parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other thanActinemys.
Taxonomy
[edit]Both species are sometimes included in the genusEmys(sensu lato).[2]Actinemys pallida,the southwestern pond turtle, has been a recent split fromActinemys marmorata,of which it was previously considered asubspecies.
References
[edit]- ^ab"Actinemys".The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org[1].
- ^Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour (2011-12-31)."Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status"(PDF).Chelonian Research Monographs.5:000.185. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2012-01-31.
Further reading
[edit]- Agassiz L(1857).Contributions to the Natural History of the United States. Vol I.Boston: Little, Brown and Company. li + 452 pp. (Actinemys,new genus, p. 444).