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Glyptemys insculpta (wood turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae

Taxonomy
Testudo insculpta was named by Le Conte (1830). It is extant.

It was recombined as Clemmys insculpta by Cope (1899), Hay (1902), Hay (1930), McDowell (1964), Bickham (1975) and Parris and Daeschler (1995); it was recombined as Glyptemys insculpta by Agassiz (1857), Holman and Fritz (2001), Holman (2002) and van Dijk et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Testudo insculpta Le Conte
1857Glyptemys insculpta Agassiz
1899Clemmys insculpta Cope
1902Clemmys insculpta Hay p. 449
1930Clemmys insculpta Hay p. 94
1964Clemmys insculpta McDowell
1975Clemmys insculpta Bickham p. 200
1995Clemmys insculpta Parris and Daeschler p. 564
2001Glyptemys insculpta Holman and Fritz p. 323
2002Glyptemys insculpta Holman p. 439
2014Glyptemys insculpta van Dijk et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
Pantestudinoidea
superfamilyTestudinoidea
familyEmydidaeRafinesque 1815
genusGlyptemys
speciesinsculpta(Le Conte 1830)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Glyptemys insculpta Le Conte 1830 [wood turtle]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available