Ni ọdun 1801, Johann David Schoepff pe awari Muhlenberg ni Testudo muhlenbergii ni ọlá Muhlenberg.Ni ọdun 1829, Richard Harlan ṣe atunṣe turtle Emys muhlenbergii. Awọn eya naa ni a tun ṣe atunṣe si Calemys muhlenbergii nipasẹ Louis Agassiz ni ọdun 1857, ati si Clemmys muhlenbergii nipasẹ Henry Watson Fowler ni ọdun 1906.
Emys muhlenbergii