Editing Spotted turtle (section)

==Taxonomy==
The spotted turtle is the [[Monotypic taxon|only species]] in the genus ''Clemmys'', which was first named in 1828 by [[Ferdinand August Maria Franz von Ritgen]].<ref name=Rhodin000104/><ref name=Fritz178>{{Harvnb|Fritz|Havaš|2007|p=178}}</ref> [[Johann Gottlob Schneider]] originally described the species as ''Testudo guttatai'' in 1792; however, he is now the authority for the current [[binomial name]], ''Clemmys guttata''.<ref name=Fritz178/> Until recently, the genus ''Clemmys'' consisted of four species ([[bog turtle]], spotted turtle, [[western pond turtle]], and the [[wood turtle]]). Recent genetic analyses have revealed that the spotted turtle is distinct from the other three species.<ref>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.</ref> The [[bog turtle]] and the [[wood turtle]] were moved to the genus ''[[Glyptemys]]'', while the [[western pond turtle]] has been renamed ''[[Actinemys]]'', leaving the spotted turtle the only member of its genus.<ref>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.</ref>