Emys

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
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[1]
Key:   Range of Emys trinacris.   Range of Emys orbicularis.   Range of Emydoidea blandingii (formerly Emys blandingii)   Range of Actinemys marmorata (formerly Emys marmorata)

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

1. Rhodin et al. 2010, p. 000.104
2. "Turtle Taxonomy: Methodology, Recommendations, and Guidelines" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-10. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
3. Rhodin et al. 2010, pp. 000.104–000.106
4. "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).