''Chrysemys'' is a genus of
turtles in the family
Emydidae
Emydidae (Latin ''emys'' (freshwater tortoise) + Ancient Greek εἶδος (''eîdos'', “appearance, resemblance”)) is a family of testudines (turtles) that includes close to 50 species in 10 genera. Members of this family are commonly calle ...
. They are found throughout most of
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
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Species
There are two extant species:[
* ''Chrysemys dorsalis'' ]Agassiz
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz ( ; ) FRS (For) FRSE (May 28, 1807 – December 14, 1873) was a Swiss-born American biologist and geologist who is recognized as a scholar of Earth's natural history.
Spending his early life in Switzerland, he rec ...
, 1857 – Southern painted turtle
* ''Chrysemys picta'' Schneider
Schneider may refer to:
Hospital
* Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel
People
* Schneider (surname)
Companies and organizations
* G. Schneider & Sohn, a Bavarian brewery company
* Schneider Rundfunkwerke AG, the former owner of th ...
, 1783) – Painted turtle
The painted turtle (''Chrysemys picta'') is the most widespread native turtle of North America. It lives in slow-moving fresh waters, from southern Canada to northern Mexico, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific. They have been shown to prefer l ...
Fossil record
Several fossil species have been described, dating back to the Miocene.
Fossil species
*'' Chrysemys corniculata''
*'' Chrysemys idahoensis'' (sometimes included in '' Trachemys'' or '' Pseudemys'')
References
Turtle genera
Cryozoa
Deirochelyinae
Turtles of North America
Miocene turtles
Neogene turtles
Miocene reptiles of North America
Neogene reptiles of North America
Extant Miocene first appearances
Langhian first appearances
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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