Emys
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| Emys | |
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| File:Emys orbicularis 2016 06.jpg | |
| European pond turtle | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | Emydidae |
| Subfamily: | Emydinae |
| Genus: | Emys A.M.C. Duméril, 1805[1] |
| File:Emys distribution.svg | |
| Key:
Range of Emys trinacris.
Range of Emys orbicularis.
Range of Emydoidea blandingii (formerly Emys blandingii)
Range of Actinemys marmorata (formerly Emys marmorata)
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Emys is a small genus within the family Emydidae. The genus (sensu lato), consisting primarily of freshwater pond turtles, is endemic to Europe. It is the only genus in the Emydidae outside of North America.
Species
[edit | edit source]The following two species may be assigned to the genus Emys (sensu lato).[2]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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| File:Emyssmaller.jpg | Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758) | European pond turtle[3] | Western Palaearctic |
| File:Emys trinacris.JPG | Emys trinacris Fritz et al., 2005 | Sicilian pond turtle[3][4] | Italy (Sicily) |
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Emys.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Rhodin et al. 2010, p. 000.104
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- Bibliography
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Duméril AMC (1805). Zoologie analytique, ou méthode naturelle de classification des animaux, rendue plus facile a l'aide de tableaux synoptiques. Paris: Allais. (H.L. Perronneau, printer). xxxiii + 544 pp. (Emys, new genus, pp. 76–77). (in French).
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