Chrysemys picta shine sunan kimiyya don fentin kunkuru, wanda nau'in kunkuru ne 'yan asalin Arewacin Amurka. "Chrysemys" na nufin "kunkuru na zinari," kuma "picta" na nufin "fantin" ko "adon," yana nufin alamun kunkuru masu haske da launi a kan harsashi da fata.
