Actinemys

Actinemys
	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 thefamily Emydidae.^[1]The genus isendemicto the west coast ofNorth America.The genus contains two species.

Species

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

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

^^a ^b"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.

Species

Taxonomy

References

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