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Glyptemys muhlenbergii (SCHOEPFF, 1801)

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Higher TaxaEmydidae, Emydinae, Testudinoidea, Testudines (turtles)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Bog Turtle
G: Mühlenberg-Schildkröte 
SynonymTestudo muhlenbergi SCHOEPFF 1801
Emys biguttata SAY 1824
Emys (Cistuda) carolinae fusca GRAY 1830:7
Emys bipunctata GRAY 1831 (ex errore)
Emys fusca LESUEUR 1831 (nomen nudum)
Clemmys muhlenbergii — FITZINGER 1835
Emys Muhlenbergii — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1835: 304
Calemys muhlenbergii — AGASSIZ 1857
Kalemys Muhlenburgii — ENNIS 1861: 124
Geoclemmys mühlenburgii GRAY 1870 (ex errore)
Clemmys nuchalis DUNN 1917
Clemmys muhlenbergii — ERNST & BARBOUR 1989: 190
Clemmys muhlenbergii — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 51
Clemmys muhlenbergii — CROTHER 2000
Glyptemys muhlenbergii — HOLMAN & FRITZ 2001
Calemys muhlenbergii — FELDMAN & PARHAM 2002
Glyptemys muhlenbergii — OBST 2003: 16
Glyptemys muhlenbergii — MCCORD & JOSEPH-OUNI 2006
Clemmys muhlenbergii — JENSEN et al. 2008: 472
Glyptemys muhlenbergii — TTWG 2014
Glyptemys muhlenbergii — TTWG 2021 
DistributionUSA (W Massachusetts, Connecticut, NW/E New York, NW/E Pennsylvania, New Jersey, N Delaware, Maryland, S Virginia and adjacent W North Carolina, N South Carolina, Georgia, E Tennessee)

Type locality: Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  
Reproductionoviparous. 
TypesHolotype: unknown fide Iverson 1992: 174
Holotype: AMNH 8430. Paratypes: AMNH 8389; MCZ 12498, USNM [nuchalis] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1244 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentThis is one of the 25 most endangered turtle species according to a 2003 assessment by the IUCN.

Synonymy: partly after RHODIN et al. 2010.

Habitat: freshwater (swamps, bogs, rivers) 
EtymologyNamed after German-born, American pastor-naturalist, Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). 
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