Geoclemys

Geoclemys
Geoclemys hamiltonii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Geoemydidae
Subfamily:	Geoemydinae
Genus:	Geoclemys Gray, 1856
Species
Geoclemys hamiltonii (Gray, 1831) †Geoclemys matuuraensis †Geoclemys yudaensis

Geoclemys is a genus of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. The genus contains a single living species, the black pond turtle (Geoclemys hamiltonii). Two fossil species are also known from the Miocene of Japan: Geoclemys matuuraensis and Geoclemys yudaensis.^{[1] [2]}

Etymology

The specific name, hamiltonii, is in honor of Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, who was a Scottish botanist and ichthyologist.^[3]

References

1. "Geoclemys". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
2. Shikama, T. (1956). "Miocene Chelonia of Japan". Science Reports of the Yokohama National University. 2 (5): 35–62.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Geoclemys hamiltonii, p. 114).