Family Emydidae (Western Pond Turtles):
countries and regions with most species

© Rune Midtgaard
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*Countries/regions with same number of species are ranked alphabetically
Rank* Country / region Species
No. 1
USA
 33
No. 2
Mexico
 16
No. 3
Mississippi [USA]
 16
No. 4
Texas [USA]
 14
No. 5
Alabama [USA]
 13
No. 6
Georgia [USA]
 12
No. 7
Louisiana [USA]
 12
No. 8
Virginia [USA]
 12
No. 9
Florida [USA]
 10
No. 10
Illinois [USA]
 10
No. 11
Indiana [USA]
 10
No. 12
Missouri [USA]
 10
No. 13
North Carolina [USA]
 10
No. 14
Arkansas [USA]
 9
No. 15
Ohio [USA]
 9
No. 16
Oklahoma [USA]
 9
No. 17
West Virginia [USA]
 9
No. 18
Delaware [USA]
 8
No. 19
Kansas [USA]
 8
No. 20
Maryland [USA]
 8
No. 21
Massachusetts [USA]
 8
No. 22
New Jersey [USA]
 8
No. 23
New York [USA]
 8
No. 24
Pennsylvania [USA]
 8
No. 25
South Carolina [USA]
 8
No. 26
Tennessee [USA]
 8
No. 27
Wisconsin [USA]
 8
No. 28
Kentucky [USA]
 7
No. 29
Michigan [USA]
 7
No. 30
Coahuila [Mexico]
 6
No. 31
Connecticut [USA]
 6
No. 32
Iowa [USA]
 6
No. 33
Minnesota [USA]
 6
No. 34
Nebraska [USA]
 6
No. 35
Canada
 5
No. 36
Chihuahua [Mexico]
 5
No. 37
New Mexico [USA]
 5
No. 38
Ontario [Canada]
 5
No. 39
Quebec [Canada]
 5
No. 40
Rhode Island [USA]
 5
No. 41
Washington, D.C. [USA]
 5
No. 42
Long Island [USA]
 4
No. 43
Maine [USA]
 4
No. 44
New Hampshire [USA]
 4
No. 45
Nuevo Leon [Mexico]
 4
No. 46
Sonora [Mexico]
 4
No. 47
South Dakota [USA]
 4
No. 48
Vermont [USA]
 4
No. 49
Colombia
 3
No. 50
Nova Scotia [Canada]
 3
No. 51
San Luis Potosi [Mexico]
 3
No. 52
Sinaloa [Mexico]
 3
No. 53
Tamaulipas [Mexico]
 3
No. 54
Arizona [USA]
 2
No. 55
Bahamas
 2
No. 56
Brazil
 2
No. 57
California [USA]
 2
No. 58
Campeche [Mexico]
 2
No. 59
Chiapas [Mexico]
 2
No. 60
Colorado [USA]
 2
No. 61
Costa Rica
 2
No. 62
Dominican Republic
 2
No. 63
El Salvador
 2
No. 64
Guatemala
 2
No. 65
Haiti
 2
No. 66
Hispaniola [Dominican Republic / Haiti]
 2
No. 67
Honduras
 2
No. 68
Italy
 2
No. 69
Jalisco [Mexico]
 2
No. 70
Nayarit [Mexico]
 2
No. 71
New Brunswick [Canada]
 2
No. 72
Nicaragua
 2
No. 73
North Dakota [USA]
 2
No. 74
Oaxaca [Mexico]
 2
No. 75
Oregon [USA]
 2
No. 76
Panama
 2
No. 77
Quintana Roo [Mexico]
 2
No. 78
Veracruz [Mexico]
 2
No. 79
Washington [USA]
 2
No. 80
Wyoming [USA]
 2
No. 81
Yucatan [Mexico]
 2
No. 82
Aegean Islands [Greece]
 1
No. 83
Albania
 1
No. 84
Alberta [Canada]
 1
No. 85
Algeria
 1
No. 86
Argentina
 1
No. 87
Armenia
 1
No. 88
Austria
 1
No. 89
Azerbaijan
 1
No. 90
Baja California Norte [Mexico]
 1
No. 91
Baja California Sur [Mexico]
 1
No. 92
Belarus
 1
No. 93
Belize
 1
No. 94
Bosnia & Herzegovina
 1
No. 95
British Columbia [Canada]
 1
No. 96
Bulgaria
 1
No. 97
Cape Breton Island [Canada]
 1
No. 98
Cayo Cochino Major [Honduras]
 1
No. 99
Cayo Cochino Pequeno [Honduras]
 1
No. 100
Cayos Cochinos [Honduras]
 1
No. 101
Corfu [Greece]
 1
No. 102
Corsica [France]
 1
No. 103
Cozumel [Mexico]
 1
No. 104
Crimea [Ukraine]
 1
No. 105
Croatia
 1
No. 106
Cuba
 1
No. 107
Dodecanese Islands [Greece]
 1
No. 108
Durango [Mexico]
 1
No. 109
Euboea [Greece]
 1
No. 110
European Turkey [Turkey]
 1
No. 111
Exuma Cays [Bahamas]
 1
No. 112
France
 1
No. 113
French mainland [France]
 1
No. 114
Georgia
 1
No. 115
Germany
 1
No. 116
Great Inagua [Bahamas]
 1
No. 117
Great Inagua Bank [Bahamas]
 1
No. 118
Greece
 1
No. 119
Greek mainland [Greece]
 1
No. 120
Guanaja [Honduras]
 1
No. 121
Guerrero [Mexico]
 1
No. 122
Hidalgo [Mexico]
 1
No. 123
Hungary
 1
No. 124
Idaho [USA]
 1
No. 125
Ionian Islands [Greece]
 1
No. 126
Iran
 1
No. 127
Isla de la Juventud [Cuba]
 1
No. 128
Islas de la Bahia [Honduras]
 1
No. 129
Italian mainland [Italy]
 1
No. 130
Jamaica
 1
No. 131
Kazakhstan
 1
No. 132
Latvia
 1
No. 133
Lithuania
 1
No. 134
Little Bahama Bank [Bahamas]
 1
No. 135
Macedonia
 1
No. 136
Manitoba [Canada]
 1
No. 137
Maranhao [Brazil]
 1
No. 138
Michoacan [Mexico]
 1
No. 139
Moldova
 1
No. 140
Montana [USA]
 1
No. 141
Montenegro
 1
No. 142
Morocco
 1
No. 143
Nevada [USA]
 1
No. 144
North Aegean Islands [Greece]
 1
No. 145
Peloponnese [Greece]
 1
No. 146
Piaui [Brazil]
 1
No. 147
Poland
 1
No. 148
Portugal
 1
No. 149
Portuguese mainland [Portugal]
 1
No. 150
Puebla [Mexico]
 1
No. 151
Puerto Rican mainland [Puerto Rico]
 1
No. 152
Puerto Rico
 1
No. 153
Rio Grande do Sul [Brazil]
 1
No. 154
Roatan [Honduras]
 1
No. 155
Romania
 1
No. 156
Russia
 1
No. 157
Santa Catarina [Brazil]
 1
No. 158
Saskatchewan [Canada]
 1
No. 159
Serbia
 1
No. 160
Sicily [Italy]
 1
No. 161
Slovakia
 1
No. 162
Slovenia
 1
No. 163
Spain
 1
No. 164
Spanish mainland [Spain]
 1
No. 165
Syria
 1
No. 166
Tabasco [Mexico]
 1
No. 167
Tunisia
 1
No. 168
Turkey
 1
No. 169
Turkmenistan
 1
No. 170
Ukraine
 1
No. 171
Uruguay
 1
No. 172
Utah [USA]
 1
No. 173
Utila [Honduras]
 1
No. 174
Vancouver Island [Canada]
 1
No. 175
Venezuela
 1
No. 176
Zakynthos [Greece]
 1