Clemmys

Clemmys
	Clemmys guttata (Kura-kura bintik)
Pengelasan saintifik
Alam:	Haiwan
Filum:	Kordata
Kelas:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Keluarga:	Emydidae
Genus:	Clemmys; Ritgen, 1828
Spesies
	Clemmys guttata

Clemmys ialah genus kura-kura. Ia terdiri daripada satu-satunya spesies dari Amerika Utara iaitu kura-kura Bintik (C. guttata).

Sebelum ini, genus Clemmys terdiri daripada empat spesies, iaitu Kura-kura Rawa, Kura-kura Bintik, Kura-kura Kolam Barat, dan Kura-kura Kayu. Bagaimanapun, analisis genetik terkini mengesahkan bahawa Kura-kura Bintik mempunyai perbezaan berbanding ketiga-tiga spesies tersebut.[1] Kura-kura Rawa dan Kura-kura Kayu dipindahkan ke genus Glyptemys manakala Kura-kura Kolam Barat pula dialihkan di bawah genus Actinemys. Menjadikan kura-kura Bintik satu-satunya spesies dalam genus Clemmys.[2]

Populasi Kura-kura Bintik semakin menurun di Amerika Utara disebabkan pemburuan dan pemusnahan habitat.[3]

Rujukan

Feldman, C.R. and J.F. Parham. (2002). Molecular phylogenetics of Emydine turtles: taxonomic revision and the evolution of shell kinesis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 22:388-398.
Spinks, P.Q. and H.B. Shaffer. (2009). Conflicting Mitochondrial and Nuclear Phylogenies for the Widely Disjunct Emys (Testudines: Emydidae) Species Complex, and What They Tell Us about Biogeography and Hybridization. Systematic Biology 58(1):1-20.
Litzgus, Jacqueline; Mousseau, Timothy (2004). Demography of A Southern Population of the Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata). Southeastern Naturalist 3(3):391-400.

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[1] Feldman, C.R. and J.F. Parham. (2002). Molecular phylogenetics of Emydine turtles: taxonomic revision and the evolution of shell kinesis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 22:388-398.

[2] Spinks, P.Q. and H.B. Shaffer. (2009). Conflicting Mitochondrial and Nuclear Phylogenies for the Widely Disjunct Emys (Testudines: Emydidae) Species Complex, and What They Tell Us about Biogeography and Hybridization. Systematic Biology 58(1):1-20.

[3] Litzgus, Jacqueline; Mousseau, Timothy (2004). Demography of A Southern Population of the Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata). Southeastern Naturalist 3(3):391-400.