Pseudemys texana
Baur, 1893
sue-DEM-ees — tex-AN-uh
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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Province/State Distribution:
USA: Texas
First instance(s) of published English names:
Texas Turtle (Pseudemys texana: Hurter, Julius. 1911. Herpetology of Missouri. Transactions of the Academy of Science St. Louis 20(5):59-274); Texas Terrapin (Pseudemys texana: Strecker, John K., Jr. 1922. An annotated catalogue of the amphibians and reptiles of Bexar County, Texas. Bulletin Scientific Society of San Antonio (4):1-31); Texan Terrapin (Pseudemys floridana texana: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.); Texas Turtle (Pseudemys floridana texana: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1893
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Baur, G. Notes on the classification and taxonomy of the Testudinidae. IV. The species of the genus Pseudemys. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 31:221-225
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1980
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Vogt, Richard C. and Clarence J. McCoy, Jr. Status of the emydine turtle genera Chrysemys and Pseudemys. Annals of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History 49(5):93-102
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1990
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Etchberger, Cory R. and Iverson, John B. Pseudemys texana Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (485):1-2
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1996
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Seidel, Michael E. and Carl H. Ernst. Pseudemys. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (625):1-7
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1997
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Siedel, Michael E. and Uwe fritz. Courtship behavior provides additional evidence for a monophyletic Pseudemys, and comments on Mesoamerican Trachemys (Testudines: Emydidae). Herpetological Review 28(2):70-72
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2002
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Seidel, Michael E. Hemoglobin variation and comments on systematic relationships in the turtle family Emydidae. Copeia 2002(4):1118-1121
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