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.
| Emys | |
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| European pond turtle | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
| Family: | Emydidae |
| Subfamily: | Emydinae |
| Genus: | Emys A.M.C. Duméril, 1805[1] |
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| 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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Species
editThe following two species may be assigned to the genus Emys (sensu lato).[2]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758) | European pond turtle[3] | Western Palaearctic |
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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- ^ Rhodin et al. 2010, p. 000.104
- ^ "Turtle Taxonomy: Methodology, Recommendations, and Guidelines" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-10. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
- ^ a b Rhodin et al. 2010, pp. 000.104–000.106
- ^ "Emys trinacris ". reptarium.cz.
- Bibliography
- Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley (2010-12-14). "Turtles of the World 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution and Conservation Status" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
- Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour (2011-12-31). "Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status" (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-31.
Further reading
edit- 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).