Bog Turtle Glyptemys muhlenbergii  (Schoepff, 1801)
An adult specimen from Union County, Georgia Image © Suzanne L. Collins, 2001
Taxonomic Comments:
Holman and Fritz (2001 Zoologische Abhandlungen Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden ((51(19): 321-343), because of convincing evidence of the paraphyly of this genus, proposed that C. muhlenbergii be placed in the genus Glyptemys Agassiz 1857. Feldman and Parham (2002 Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 22(3): 388-398) proposed that C. muhlenbergii be placed in the resurrected genus Calemys Agassiz 1857. Collins & Taggart (2002 Standard Common and Current Scientific Names for North American Amphibians, Turtles, Reptiles, and Crocodilians. Fifth Edition) submitted for consideration the proposals by Holman & Fritz (2001 op. cit.) and Feldham & Parham (2002 op. cit.) to a chelonian systematist group composed of John W. Bickham, John B. Iverson, Jeffrey Lovich, Peter Meylan, Michael E. Seidel, and H. Bradley Shaffer, and they agreed with Holman & Fritz (2001 op. cit.).