Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022. Taxonomy of the family Emydidae Bibliography of the genus Deirochelys Biodiversity of the family Emydidae Genus Deirochelys Chicken Turtle Langhals-Schmuckschildkröte Kyllingeskildpadde 1857 Deirochelys Agassiz (type species: Testudo reticulata Daudin 1801) Contents: 1 species, which is endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Distribution: As for the single species. Deirochelys reticularia Chicken Turtle Langhals-Schmuckschildkröte Kyllingeskildpadde 1801 Testudo reticularia Latreille Emys reticularia Say 1824 Clemmys reticularia Strauch 1862 Deirochelys reticularia Gray 1870 1801 Testudo reticulata Daudin [substitute name for Testudo reticularia Latreille 1801] (Fritz & Havas 2006) Emys reticulata Schweigger 1812 Terrapene reticulata Bonaparte 1831 Clemmys reticulata Fitzinger 1835 Deirochelys reticulata Agassiz 1857 Chrysemys reticulata Cope 1875 1956 Deirochelys reticularia chrysea Schwartz 1956 Deirochelys reticularia miaria Schwartz Other common names: chrysea: Florida Chicken Turtle miaria: Western Chicken Turtle reticularia: Eastern Chicken Turtle Distribution: USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia). Deirochelys reticularia © Rune Midtgaard