Editing Painted turtle (section)

===Classification===
Originally described in 1783 by [[Johann Gottlob Schneider]] as ''Testudo picta'',<ref name="WCSU-Taxonomic" /><ref name="Schneider1783-p348" /> the painted turtle was called ''Chrysemys picta'' first by [[John Edward Gray]] in 1855. Four subspecies were then recognized: the eastern by Schneider in 1783,<ref name="Schneider1783-p348" />{{sfn|Fritz|Havaš|2007|p=177}} the western by Gray in 1831,{{sfn|Fritz|Havaš|2007|p=177}}<ref name="Gray1831-p12" /> and the midland and southern by [[Louis Agassiz]] in 1857, though the southern painted turtle is now generally considered a full species.{{sfn|Fritz|Havaš|2007|p=178}}<ref name="Agassiz1857" /><ref name="Rhodin">{{Cite book |last=Rhodin |first=Anders G.J. |title=Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (9th Ed.). |date=2021-11-15 |publisher=Chelonian Research Foundation and Turtle Conservancy |isbn=978-0-9910368-3-7 |series=Chelonian Research Monographs|volume=8 |doi=10.3854/crm.8.checklist.atlas.v9.2021 |s2cid=244279960 }}</ref>