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Southwestern pond turtle
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Emydidae
Genus: Actinemys
Species: A. pallida
Binomial name
Actinemys pallida
(Seeliger, 1945)

Actinemys pallida, the southwestern pond turtle, is an aquatic turtle of the genus Actinemys in the family Emydidae. It can be found in bodies of water in southern California and Baja California.

References

  1. "Actinemys pallida". NCBI taxonomy database. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  2. Reptile database. org
  3. Spinks, Phillip Q.; Thomson, Robert C.; Shaffer, Bradley (2014-03-26). "The advantages of going large: genome-wide SNPs clarify the complex population history and systematics of the threatened western pond turtle". Molecular Ecology. 23 (9): 2228–2241. Bibcode:2014MolEc..23.2228S. doi:10.1111/mec.12736. PMID 24673803. S2CID 4524707. Retrieved 2021-08-13. USA (S California), Mexico (N Baja California); central coast range south of the San Francisco Bay area to the species' southern range boundary, including the Mojave River (Spinks et al. 2014).
Taxon identifiers
Actinemys pallida


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