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Definition of Chrysemys picta
1. Noun. Freshwater turtles having bright yellow and red markings; common in the eastern United States.
Generic synonyms: Turtle
Group relationships: Chrysemys, Genus Chrysemys
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chrysemys Picta
Literary usage of Chrysemys picta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Vertebrate Zoölogy by Horatio Hackett Newman (1920)
"This is much the largest family of chelonians and is represented in North America
by Graptemys geographica (the map tortoise), chrysemys picta (the painted ..."
2. The Batrachians and Reptiles of Indiana by Oliver Perry Hay (1892)
"10; chrysemys picta, Gray,, 25, 32; Agassiz,, 4, i, 438, pi. i, figs. 1-5, and pi.
iii, fig. 4; Boulenger, 1889, 84, 72. ..."
3. Proceedings of the Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences (1900)
"... chrysemys picta ( Painted Turtle ) 4. Harrie M. Young. BIRDS EGGS. 57 specimens
of eggs, in cabinet. William II. Huse. Set of crows eggs. ..."
4. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge by Smithsonian Institution (1863)
"chrysemys picta, Gray.-—Inspiratory muscles as in E. terrapin. The anterior belly
of the expiratory muscle arises from the vertebral margins of the third ..."
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