Definition of Chrysemys

1. Noun. Painted turtles.

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chrysemys

Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium
Chrysanthemum coccineum
Chrysanthemum coronarium
Chrysanthemum coronarium spatiosum
Chrysanthemum frutescens
Chrysanthemum lacustre
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum
Chrysanthemum maximum
Chrysanthemum maximum maximum
Chrysanthemum morifolium
Chrysanthemum parthenium
Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum
Chrysanthemum segetum
Chrysaora
Chrysaora quinquecirrha
Chrysemys
Chrysemys picta
Chrysippan
Chrysler
Chryslers
Chrysobalanus
Chrysobalanus icaco
Chrysochloridae
Chrysochloris
Chrysolepis
Chrysolepis chrysophylla
Chrysolepis sempervirens
Chrysolophus
Chrysolophus pictus
Chrysomelidae

Literary usage of Chrysemys

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

1. The Reptiles of the Pacific Coast and Great Basin: An Account of the Species by John Van Denburgh (1897)
"chrysemys. C'kry»emy», GRAY, Cat. Tort., Croc., Amphis., Brit. Mns., 1844, p. 27 (types pietà and bellii). The shell is rather narrow, low or moderately ..."

2. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1885)
"Although this species, under the name of chrysemys Oregonensis, was included ... I now find it to be the common chrysemys of the streams in Shawnee county. ..."

3. The Reptile Book: A Comprehensive, Popularised Work on the Structure and by Raymond Lee Ditmars (1907)
"The largest genus is chrysemys; it contains the largest species and its ... Many of the species of chrysemys have very long, sharp claws on both pair of ..."

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