Western pond turtle

Western pond turtle

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[3]
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. marmorata[1]
Binomial name
Actinemys marmorata[1]
(Baird and Girard, 1852)
The range of the western pond turtle.
Synonyms[4]
  • Emys marmorata Baird & Girard, 1852
  • Emys nigra Hallowell, 1854
  • Clemmys wosnessenskyi Strauch, 1862
  • Clemmys marmorata Strauch, 1862
  • Actinemys nigra Agassiz, 1857
  • Geoclemmys nigra Gray, 1870
  • Clemmys hesperia O.P. Hay, 1903
  • Actinemys marmorata Holman & Fritz, 2001

The western pond turtle (Actinemys marmorata), also known commonly as the Pacific pond turtle is a species of small to medium-sized turtle in the family Emydidae. The species is endemic to the western coast of the United States and Mexico, ranging from western Washington state to northern Baja California. It was formerly found in Canada (in British Columbia), but in May 2002, the Canadian Species at Risk Act listed the Pacific pond turtle as being extirpated.

  1. ^ Rhodin 2010, p. 000.105
  2. ^ Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group (2016) [errata version of 1996 assessment]. "Actinemys marmorata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T4969A97292542. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T4969A11104202.en. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Actinemys marmorata. NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  4. ^ Species Actinemys marmorata at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.