Editing Blanding's turtle (section)

{{Short description|Species of turtle}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Blanding's turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) (17812011862).jpg
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| status = EN
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="Rhodin11">{{Harnvb|Rhodin|2011|p=000.185}}</ref><ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author1=van Dijk, P.P. |author1-link=species:Peter Paul van Dijk |author2=Rhodin, A.G.J. |author2-link=species:Anders Gunnar Johannes Rhodin |year=2011 |title=''Emydoidea blandingii '' |errata=2019 |page=e.T7709A155088836 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T7709A155088836.en |access-date=9 March 2022}}</ref>
| status2 = CITES_A2 
| status2_system = CITES 
| status2_ref = <ref name="CITES">{{Cite web|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|url=https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date=2022-01-14|website=cites.org}}</ref>
| genus = Emydoidea
| parent_authority = [[John Edward Gray|JE Gray]], 1870
| species = blandingii
| authority = ([[John Edwards Holbrook|Holbrook]], 1838)<ref name="Rhodin11" /><ref name="Rhodin138-9">{{Harnvb|Rhodin|2010|pp=000.138–000.139}}</ref><ref name="Rhodin105-6">{{Harnvb|Rhodin|2010|pp=000.105–000.106}}</ref>
| display_parents = 2
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| range_map = Emys blandingii distribution.svg
| range_map_caption = The range of Blanding's turtle
| synonyms = *''[[Testudo (genus)|Testudo]] flava'' <br /><small>[[Bernard Germain de Lacépède|Lacépède]], 1788</small> <br />''([[Nomen oblitum|nomen suppressum]])''
*''Testudo flava'' <br /><small>— [[Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre|Bonaterre]], 1789</small> <br />''(nomen suppressum)''
*''Testudo meleagris'' <br /><small>[[George Shaw (biologist)|Shaw]], 1793</small> <br />''(nomen suppressum)''
*''Cistuda blandingii'' <br /><small>[[John Edwards Holbrook|Holbrook]], 1838</small> <br />''([[nomen conservandum]])''
*''[[Emys]] blandingii'' <br /><small>— [[Alexander Strauch|Strauch]], 1862</small>
*''Emydoidea blandingii'' <br /><small>— [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1870</small>
*''Emys twentei'' <br /><small>[[Edward Harrison Taylor|Taylor]], 1943</small>
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| synonyms_ref = <ref name="Rhodin105-6"/><ref>[[species:Uwe Fritz|Fritz, Uwe]]; [[species:Peter Havaš|Havaš, Peter]] (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". ''Vertebrate Zoology'' '''57''' (2): 149–368. (''Emydoidea blandingii'', pp. 180–181).</ref><ref>{{EMBL species|genus=Emydoidea|species=blandingii}} www.reptile-database.org.</ref>
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'''Blanding's turtle''' ('''''Emydoidea blandingii''')''<ref name="Rhodin11" /><ref name="Rhodin105-6"/> is a [[species]] of semi-aquatic [[turtle]] of the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Emydidae]]. This species is native to central and eastern parts of [[Canada]] and the [[United States]].<ref name=iucn/> It is considered to be an [[endangered species]] throughout much of its range.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://el.erdc.usace.army.mil/tessp/profile.cfm?Type=Freshwater%20Turtle&Name=Blanding's%20Turtle&View=Species|title=Blanding's Turtle|publisher=Environmental Laboratory, Engineer Research and Development Center, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers|access-date=2006-05-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114065704/http://el.erdc.usace.army.mil/tessp/profile.cfm?Type=Freshwater%20Turtle&Name=Blanding's%20Turtle&View=Species|archive-date=2009-01-14|url-status=dead}}</ref> Blanding's turtle is of interest in longevity research, as it shows few or no [[senescent|common signs of aging]] and is physically active and capable of reproduction into eight or nine decades of life.<ref name="Morai2016"/><ref>[[Michael Brooks (science writer)|Brooks, Michael]] (2008). Chapter 9: "Death". ''[[13 Things That Don't Make Sense]]''. New York: Doubleday. {{ISBN|9781861978172}}.</ref>