Painted Turtle
Chrysemys picta (Schneider, 1783)
Also calledAmerikaanse sierschildpad (nld) · Chrysémide peinte (fra) · Chrysémyde peinte (La) (fra) · Malet guldskildpadde (dan) · Miskwaadesi (oji) · Puošnusis vėžlys (lit) · Tartaruga-pintada (por) · Testuggine palustre dipinta (ita) · Tortuga Pinta (spa) · Tortuga pintada (spa) · Trachémyde peinte (fra) · Zierschildkröte (deu) · crùban-coille (gla) · díszes ékszerteknős (hun)
First described in: Schneider, J. G. Allgemeine Naturgeschichte der Schildkröten, nebst einem Systematischen Verseichnisse der einzelnen Arten.
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Holotype: Not located (Ernst 1971: 1), but illustrated in Brown (1776: Pl. 48, Fig. 1 – 2).
A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2443133.