Emys

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

Emys
European pond turtle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Emydidae
Subfamily:	Emydinae
Genus:	Emys A.M.C. Duméril, 1805[1]
Key:   Range of Emys trinacris.   Range of Emys blandingii.   Range of Emys orbicularis.   Range of Actinemys marmorata]] (formerly Emys marmorata.

Species

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

• Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758) – European pond turtle[3]
• Emys trinacris Fritz et al., 2005 – Sicilian pond turtle[3][4]
• Emys blandingii (Holbrook, 1838) – Blanding's turtle (disputed may belong in the genus Emydoidea)[3][5]

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 usually separated into its own genus, Emydoidea but this is disputed by some. Similarly, the western North American species, E. marmorata and E. pallida, were recently moved to their own genus, Actinemys.[6]

References

1. Rhodin 2010, p. 000.104
2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-10. Retrieved 2010-11-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. Rhodin 2010, pp. 000.104-000.106
4. "Emys trinacris ". reptarium.cz.
5. "Emys blandingii ". reptarium.cz.
6. Rhodin 2011, pp. 000.185

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).