Glyptemys

Taxobox
name = "Glyptemys"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Testudines
familia = Emydidae
genus = "Glyptemys"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision ="Glyptemys muhlenbergii"
"Glyptemys insculpta"

"Glyptemys" is a genus of turtle, comprised of two North American species, the Bog Turtle and the Wood Turtle Until recently, they were considered members of the genus "Clemmys" [Feldman, C.R. and J.F. Parham. 2002. Molecular phylogenetics of Emydine turtles: taxonomic revision and the evolution of shell kinesis. "Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution" 22:388-398.] .

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