Emys

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Emys

European pond turtle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Emydidae
Subfamily:	Emydinae
Genus:	Emys A.M.C. Duméril, 1805^[1]

Key: Range of Emys trinacris. Range of Emys orbicularis. Range of Emydoidea blandingii (formerly Emys blandingii) Range of Actinemys marmorata (formerly Emys marmorata)

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 its subfamily Emydinae outside of North America.

Contents

Species
References
Further reading

Species

The following two species may be assigned to the genus Emys (sensu lato).^[2]

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	Emys orbicularis(Linnaeus, 1758)	European pond turtle ^[3]	Western Palaearctic
	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

↑ 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.
1 2 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

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).

Emydidae family

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Emydidae

Genera

Species of the Emydidae family

Pseudemys rubriventrisHolbrookV1P06.jpg

Chrysemys

Painted turtle

Clemmys

Spotted turtle

Deirochelys

Chicken turtle

Actinemys

Emys

Emydoidea

Blanding's turtle

Glyptemys

Graptemys

Malaclemys

Diamondback terrapin

Pseudemys

Terrapene

Trachemys

† Wilburemys

† Wilburemys yakimensis

Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. Key: †=extinct.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Diapsida
Order: Testudines

Genus

Chelonioidea
(Sea turtles)

Cheloniidae	† Allopleuron Caretta † Carolinochelys Chelonia † Eochelone Eretmochelys † Gigantatypus † Glarichelys † Itilochelys Lepidochelys † Mexichelys † Miocaretta Natator † Pacifichelys † Syllomus † Tasbacka
Dermochelyidae	† Arabemys † Corsochelys † Cosmochelys Dermochelys † Eosphargis † Mesodermochelys † Psephophorus
	† Euclastes † Peritresius † Procolpochelys † Protosphargis † Puppigerus

Dermatemydidae	Dermatemys
Kinosternidae	Claudius † Hoplochelys Kinosternon Staurotypus Sternotherus

Emydidae	† Acherontemys Chrysemys Clemmys Deirochelys Emys Actinemys Emydoidea Glyptemys Graptemys Malaclemys Pseudemys Terrapene Trachemys † Wilburemys
Geoemydidae	Batagur † Banhxeochelys Cuora Cyclemys Geoclemys Geoemyda Hardella Heosemys Leucocephalon Malayemys Mauremys Melanochelys Morenia Notochelys Orlitia Pangshura Rhinoclemmys Sacalia Siebenrockiella Vijayachelys
Platysternidae	Platysternon
Testudinidae	Aldabrachelys Astrochelys Centrochelys Chelonoidis Chersina Cylindraspis † Cymatholcus † Floridemys Geochelone Gopherus † Hadrianus † Hesperotestudo Homopus Indotestudo Kinixys Malacochersus Manouria † Megalochelys † Oligopherus Psammobates Pyxis † Solitudo Stigmochelys † Stylemys Testudo

Carettochelyidae	† Allaeochelys † Anosteira Carettochelys
Trionychidae	Amyda Apalone † Axestemys Chitra Cyclanorbis Cycloderma † Drazinderetes Dogania † Gilmoremys † Hutchemys † Khunnuchelys Lissemys Nilssonia Palea † Palaeoamyda Pelochelys Pelodiscus Rafetus Trionyx
	† Basilochelys † Sinaspideretes

Chelydridae	Chelydra † Chelydrops † Chelydropsis † Emarginachelys † Macrocephalochelys Macrochelys † Planiplastron † Protochelydra
†Nanhsiungchelyidae	† Anomalochelys † Basilemys † Jiangxichelys
†Protostegidae	† Alienochelys † Archelon † Atlantochelys † Bouliachelys † Calcarichelys † Cratochelone † Desmatochelys † Iserosaurus † Notochelone † Ocepechelon † Pneumatoarthrus † Protostega † Rhinochelys † Santanachelys † Terlinguachelys
	† Adocus † Argillochelys † Bashuchelys † Ctenochelys † Prionochelys † Toxochelys

†Araripemydidae	† Araripemys
†Bothremydidae	† Araiochelys † Arenila † Azabbaremys † Bothremys † Cearachelys † Chedighaii † Chupacabrachelys † Eotaphrosphys † Foxemys † Galianemys † Ilatardia † Inaechelys † Itapecuruemys † Jainemys † Kinkonychelys † Kurmademys † Labrostochelys † Nigeremys † Phosphatochelys † Polysternon † Puentemys † Rosasia † Rhothonemys † Sankuchemys † Taphrosphys † Ummulisani † Zolhafah
Chelidae	Acanthochelys Chelodina Chelus Elseya Elusor Emydura Hydromedusa † Lomalatachelys Mesoclemmys Myuchelys Phrynops Platemys † Prochelidella Pseudemydura Rheodytes Rhinemys † Yaminuechelys
Pelomedusidae	Pelomedusa Pelusios
Podocnemididae	† Albertwoodemys † Bauruemys † Brontochelys † Caninemys † Carbonemys † Cerrejonemys † Cordichelys Erymnochelys † Lapparentemys † Latentemys Peltocephalus Podocnemis † Stupendemys
†Sahonachelyidae	† Sahonachelys † Sokatra

	† Caribemys † Caririemys † Tacuarembemys

Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on Turtles of the World 2017 Update: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. † = extinct.

See also List of Testudines families

Taxon identifiers
Emys	Wikidata: Q2453385 Wikispecies: Emys ADW: Emys BOLD: 190983 CoL: 4BDZ EoL: 35256 Fauna Europaea: 214784 Fauna Europaea (new): e56ea0ed-58ad-4324-8628-54ff7038f80b GBIF: 2441657 iNaturalist: 39866 ITIS: 208660 NBN: NBNSYS0000132799 NCBI: 82167 Open Tree of Life: 733087 Paleobiology Database: 37723 WoRMS: 999895

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