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Wood, R. H. (1977). Evolution of the emydine turtles graptemys and malaclemys (reptilia, testudines, emydidae). Journal of Herpetology, 11, 415–421.
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| Resource type: Journal Article BibTeX citation key: Wood1977 View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Emydidae, Graptemys, Malaclemys, Malaclemys terrapin, Schildkröten = turtles + tortoises, Systematik = taxonomy Creators: Wood Collection: Journal of Herpetology |
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Several lines of evidence (distributional, physiological and morphological) suggest that the brackish water adapted turtle M. terrapin gave rise directly to many or perhaps even most of the different species of the fresh water genus Graptemys. The implication of this hypothesis is that either the various species now referred to Graptemys may represent several closely related but independently evolved genera, or that Graptemys and Malaclemys are congeneric.
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