Chrysemys

Chrysemys is a genus of turtles in the family Emydidae. They are found throughout most of North America.^[2]

Chrysemys Temporal range: 15–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Neogene–recent[1]
Painted turtle (Chrysemys picta)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Emydidae
Subfamily:	Deirochelyinae
Genus:	Chrysemys Gray, 1844
Species
See text

Species

There are two extant species:^[2]

Image	Scientific Name	Common Name	Distribution
	Chrysemys dorsalis Agassiz, 1857	Southern painted turtle	south-central United States.
	Chrysemys picta Schneider, 1783)	Painted turtle	southern Canada to northern Mexico

Fossil record

Several fossil species have been described, dating back to the Miocene.

Fossil species

• Chrysemys corniculata^[3]

• Chrysemys idahoensis (sometimes included in Trachemys or Pseudemys)^[4]

• Chrysemys isoni^[5]

• Chrisemys timidus (may belong to distinct genus)^[4]
• Chrisemys williamsi (may belong to distinct genus)^[4]

References

1. Ernst, Carl H.; Lovich, Jeffrey E. (2009). Turtles of the United States and Canada. JHU Press. pp. 184–185. ISBN 978-0-8018-9121-2.
2. Chrysemys at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 October 2021.
3. Jasinski, S.E. (2022). "A new species of Chrysemys (Emydidae: Deirochelyinae) from the latest Miocene-Early Pliocene of Tennessee, USA and its implications for the evolution of painted turtles". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. zlac084: 149–183. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac084.
4. Jasinski, S.E. (2018). "A new slider turtle (Testudines: Emydidae: Deirochelyinae: Trachemys) from the late Hemphillian (late Miocene/early Pliocene) of eastern Tennessee and the evolution of the deirochelyines". PeerJ. 6: e4338. doi:10.7717/peerj.4338. PMC 5815335. PMID 29456887.
5. Weems, R.E.; George, R.A. (2013). "Amphibians and Nonmarine Turtles from the Miocene Calvert Formation of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia (USA)". Journal of Paleontology. 87 (4): 570–588. Bibcode:2013JPal...87..570W. doi:10.1666/12-071. S2CID 86171253.