Deirochelyinae

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Deirochelyinae
Chrysemys picta dorsalis (aka).jpg
Painted turtle (Chrysemys picta)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Emydidae
Subfamily: Deirochelyinae
Agassiz, 1857
Genera

See text.

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

Species

Image Genus Living species
Painted Turtle (14541060047).jpg 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)
DSC 0487 (7844388126).jpg Deirochelys Agassiz, 1857
Common Map Turtle (Graptemys geographica) (36510522160).jpg Graptemys Agassiz, 1857
Diamond terrapin turtle reptile malaclemys terrapin.jpg 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
Florida Redbelly Turtle.jpg Pseudemys Gray, 1856
Trachemys scripta elegans partially submerged.jpg Trachemys Agassiz, 1857

References

  1. ^ "Turtles of the World: Trachemys scripta". Archived from the original on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2008-07-22.

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