Emys

Emys
European pond turtle
Scientific classification
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
Key:   Range of Emys trinacris.   Range of Emys blandingii.   Range of Emys orbicularis.   Range of Emys marmorata.

Emys is a small genus of turtles in the family Emydidae. The genus (sensu lato) is endemic to Europe and North America.

Species

The following five species may be assigned to the genus Emys (sensu lato).

• Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758) – European pond turtle
• Emys trinacris Fritz et al., 2005 – Sicilian pond turtle
• Emys blandingii (Holbrook, 1838) – Blanding's turtle
• Emys marmorata Baird & Girard, 1852 – western pond turtle
• Emys pallida (Seeliger, 1945) – southwestern pond turtle

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Emys.

Taxonomy

The eastern North American species, E. blandingii, is sometimes separated into its own genus, Emydoidea. Similarly, the western North American species, E. marmorata and E. pallida, are sometimes assigned to their own genus, Actinemys.

References

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 2010-12-15. 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 2012-01-22.

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).