Southwestern pond turtle

Actinemys pallida, the southwestern pond turtle,^[2] is an aquatic turtle of the genus Actinemys in the family Emydidae.^[3] It can be found in bodies of water in southern California and Baja California.^[4]

Southwestern pond turtle
Conservation status
Imperiled  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
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)