Definition of Genus Chrysemys

1. Noun. Painted turtles.

Exact synonyms: Chrysemys
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Emydidae, Family Emydidae
Member holonyms: Chrysemys Picta, Painted Terrapin, Painted Tortoise, Painted Turtle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Chrysemys

genus Chlorophyllum
genus Chloroxylon
genus Chlorura
genus Choeronycteris
genus Choloepus
genus Chondrus
genus Chordeiles
genus Chordospartium
genus Choriotis
genus Chorizagrotis
genus Chorizema
genus Christella
genus Chronoperates
genus Chrysanthemum
genus Chrysaora
genus Chrysemys (current term)
genus Chrysobalanus
genus Chrysochloris
genus Chrysolepis
genus Chrysolophus
genus Chrysophrys
genus Chrysophyllum
genus Chrysopsis
genus Chrysosplenium
genus Chrysothamnus
genus Chunga
genus Cibotium
genus Cicada
genus Cicer
genus Cichorium

Literary usage of Genus Chrysemys

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Natural History: A Manual of Zoölogy for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1870)
"The genus Chrysemys contains the Painted Turtle, C. picta, Gray, from New Brunswick to Florida, and westward, which has the shell about six and a half ..."

2. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1905)
"... species appeared in the London Clay of England, and these have been referred to the existing genus Chrysemys. ..."

3. First Report on the Economic Features of Turtles of Pennsylvania by Harvey Adam Surface (1908)
"genus Chrysemys. The Painted Turtles. (G) Plates of carapace in straight rows across back. Sp. 12. Chrysemys picta. Painted Turtle. ..."

4. A Manual of Palæontology, for the Use of Students: For the Use of Students by Henry Alleyne Nicholson, Richard Lydekker (1889)
"With the existing American genus Chrysemys we come to forms in which the axillary and inguinal buttresses are much less developed than in the ..."

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