Clemmys

Clemmys is a genus of turtles currently containing a single extant species, the spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata).

Clemmys
Spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Emydidae
Subfamily:	Emydinae
Genus:	Clemmys Ritgen, 1828
Species
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Taxonomy

In the past, several other species were included in the genus, including a number of fossil species. DNA analysis has restricted the genus to containing only the spotted turtle.^[1][2] Fossil species are now restricted to the Neogene of North America as far back as the Miocene.^[3]

Extant species formerly in Clemmys

• Wood turtle - now Glyptemys insculpta
• Bog turtle - now Glyptemys muhlenbergii
• Western pond turtle - now Actinemys marmorata

Fossil species

• †Clemmys hesperia Hay, 1903 - Pliocene
• †Clemmys owyheensis Brattstrom & Sturn, 1959 - Miocene (Hemphillian)