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Deirochelyinae

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Subfamily of turtles
Deirochelyinae
Painted turtle (Chrysemys picta)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Emydidae
Subfamily: Deirochelyinae
Agassiz, 1857
Genera

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The Deirochelyinae are a subfamily of the Emydidae consisting of species native to North and South America, some of which are frequently kept as pets. As a result of pet trade, one species, the red-eared slider, can now be found in many parts of the world.[1]

Classification

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Species

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Image Genus Living species
Chrysemys Gray, 1844
  • Chrysemys dorsalis - southern painted turtle
  • Chrysemys picta - painted turtle
    • eastern painted turtle (Chrysemys picta picta)
    • midland painted turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata)
    • western painted turtle (Chrysemys picta bellii)
Deirochelys Agassiz, 1857
Graptemys Agassiz, 1857
Malaclemys Gray, 1844
  • Malaclemys terrapin - diamondback terrapin
    • Malaclemys terrapin littoralis (Hay, 1904) – Texas diamondback terrapin
    • Malaclemys terrapin macrospilota (Hay, 1904) – ornate diamondback terrapin
    • Malaclemys terrapin pileata (Wied, 1865) – Mississippi diamondback terrapin
    • Malaclemys terrapin rhizophorarum Fowler, 1906 – mangrove diamondback terrapin
    • Malaclemys terrapin tequesta Schwartz, 1955 – East Florida diamondback terrapin
    • Malaclemys terrapin terrapin (Schoepff, 1793) – northern diamondback terrapin
Pseudemys Gray, 1856
Trachemys Agassiz, 1857

References

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  1. ^ "Turtles of the World: Trachemys scripta". Archived from the original on 2024年05月25日. Retrieved 2008年07月22日.
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Emydidae family
Genera
Species of the Emydidae family
Chrysemys
Clemmys
Deirochelys
Actinemys
Emys
Emydoidea
Glyptemys
Graptemys
Malaclemys
Pseudemys
Terrapene
Trachemys
Wilburemys
Suborder
Superfamily
Family
Cryptodira
Chelonioidea
(Sea turtles)
Cheloniidae
Dermochelyidae
 
Kinosternoidea
Dermatemydidae
Kinosternidae
Testudinoidea
Emydidae
Geoemydidae
 Platysternidae
Testudinidae
Trionychia
Carettochelyidae
Trionychidae
 
 
Chelydridae
Nanhsiungchelyidae
Protostegidae
 
Pleurodira
 
Araripemydidae
Bothremydidae
Chelidae
Pelomedusidae
Podocnemididae
Sahonachelyidae
 
 
 


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