Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
 
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Genus
Emys
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European Pond Turtles
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Europäische Sumpfschildkröten
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Europæiske Sumpskildpadder
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1806 |  |
Emys Dumeril (type species: Testudo europaea Schneider 1783) |
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1814 | |
Hydrone Rafinesque (type species: Testudo orbicularis Linnaeus 1758; syn. Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1832 | |
Emyda Rafinesque [substitute name for Emys Dumeril 1806] (syn. Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1844 | |
Lutremys Gray (type species: Testudo europaea Schneider 1783; syn. Fritz & Havas 2006) |
Contents:
2 species, of which 1 (50.0%) is endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Spinks, Thomson, McCartney-Melstad & Shaffer (2016) suggested to include the genera
Actinemys and
Emydoidea in
Emys, thus returning to a previously used taxonomy.
Distribution:
C. and S. Europe, N. Africa, Middle East, C. Asia.
Reported from:
Albania,
Algeria,
Armenia,
Austria,
Azerbaijan,
Belarus,
Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Bulgaria,
Croatia,
France
(incl.
Corsica),
Georgia,
Germany,
Greece
(incl.
Aegean Islands),
Hungary,
Iran,
Italy
(incl.
Sicily),
Kazakhstan,
Latvia,
Lithuania,
Moldova,
Montenegro,
Morocco,
North Macedonia,
Poland,
Portugal,
Romania,
Russia,
Serbia,
Slovakia,
Slovenia,
Spain,
Switzerland,
Syria,
Tunisia,
Turkey
(incl.
European Turkey),
Turkmenistan,
Ukraine
(incl.
Crimea).
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Emys orbicularis
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Common European Pond Turtle, European Pond Terrapin
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Gewöhnliche Europäische Sumpfschildkröte
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Almindelig Europæisk Sumpskildpadde
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1758 | |
Testudo orbicularis Linnaeus |
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Hydrone orbicularis Rafinesque 1814 |
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Emys orbicularis Blanford 1876 |
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1758 | |
Testudo lutaria Linnaeus (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Emydes lutaria Brongniart 1805 |
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Emys lutaria Schweigger 1812 |
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Clemmys lutaria Fitzinger 1835 |
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Cistudo lutaria Strauch 1862 |
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1764 | |
Testudo terrestris Garsault (unavailable; Dubois & Bour 2010) |
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1783 | |
Testudo europaea Schneider (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Emys europaea Schweigger 1812 |
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Terrapene europaea Bell 1826 |
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Cistuda europaea Gray 1831 |
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Lutremys europaea Gray 1856 |
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1794 | |
Testudo pulchella Schoepff (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Emys pulchella Merrem 1820 |
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1831 | |
Emys europaea var. iberica Eichwald |
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Emys orbicularis iberica Fritz 1998 |
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1831 | |
Emys europaea var. persica Eichwald |
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Emys orbicularis persica Fritz 1998 |
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1832 | |
Cistuda hellenica Valenciennes in Bibron & Bory |
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Emys orbicularis var. hellenica Kovatscheff 1903 |
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1833 | |
Emys antiquorum Valenciennes in Bory de Saint-Vincent & al. (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1835 | |
Emys hofmanni Fitzinger [substitute name for Cistuda hellenica Valenciennes 1832] (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1835 | |
Emys turfa Meyer (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1841 | |
Emys lutaria var. borealis Nilsson (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1866 | |
Cistudo anhaltina Giebel (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1875 | |
Emys orbicularis var. hoffmanni Schreiber [not Emys hofmanni Fitzinger 1835] (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1890 | |
Emys lutaria taurica Mehnert (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1897 | |
Emys europaea var. concolor Dürigen (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1897 | |
Emys europaea var. maculosa Dürigen (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1897 | |
Emys europaea var. punctata Dürigen (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1897 | |
Emys europaea var. sparsa Dürigen (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1897 | |
Emys orbicularis var. atra Werner |
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1915 | |
Emys orbicularis aralensis Nikolsky |
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1989 | |
Emys orbicularis luteofusca Fritz |
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1993 | |
Emys orbicularis fritzjuergenobsti Fritz |
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1993 | |
Emys orbicularis occidentalis Fritz |
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1994 | |
Emys orbicularis colchica Fritz |
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1994 | |
Emys orbicularis kurae Fritz |
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1994 | |
Emys orbicularis orientalis Fritz |
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1995 | |
Emys orbicularis capolongoi Fritz |
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1995 | |
Emys orbicularis galloitalica Fritz |
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1995 | |
Emys orbicularis lanzai Fritz |
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1996 | |
Emys orbicularis hispanica Fritz, Keller & Budde |
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1998 | |
Emys orbicularis eiselti Fritz, Baran, Budak & Amthauer |
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2004 | |
Emys orbicularis ingauna Jesu, Piombo, Salvidio, Lamagni, Ortale & Genta |
Other common names:
capolongoi: Sardinian Pond Turtle
colchica: Colchis Pond Turtle
eiselti: Eiselt's Pond Turtle
galloitalica: Franco-Italian Pond Turtle
hellenica: Hellenic Pond Turtle
hispanica: Spanish Pond Turtle
iberica: Kura Valley Pond Turtle
ingauna: Ligurian Pond Turtle
lanzai: Corsican Pond Turtle
luteofusca: Central Turkey Pond Turtle
obsti: Obst's Pond Turtle
occidentalis: Magreb Pond Turtle
orbicularis: Common European Pond Turtle
persica: Eastern Pond Turtle
Remarks:
Records of orbicularis from Sicily refer to trinacris (Fritz, Fattizzo, Guicking, Tripepi, Pennisi, Lenk, Joger, & Wink 2005).
Although known from fossil records in Sardinia, the species may have become extinct, and the present population could have been established as a later introduction
by prehistoric settlers (Pous, Speybroeck, Bogaerts, Pasmans & Beukema 2012; Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2017).
The Corsican population may also have been introduced prehistorically (Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2017).
Extinct in:
Belgium,
Czech Republic,
Denmark,
Estonia,
Israel,
Luxembourg,
Netherlands.
Reintroductions have occurred in the Czech Republic, Denmark, and Switzerland (Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2017).
Introduced to:
Gibraltar,
Italy
(Sardinia),
Spain
(Balearic Islands
[Mallorca,
Minorca],
United Kingdom
(England,
Isle of Wight).
Distribution:
Albania,
Algeria,
Armenia,
Austria,
Azerbaijan,
Belarus,
Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Bulgaria,
Croatia,
France
(incl.
Corsica),
Georgia,
Germany,
Greece
(incl.
Aegean Islands),
Hungary,
Iran,
Italy,
Kazakhstan,
Latvia,
Lithuania,
Moldova,
Montenegro,
Morocco,
North Macedonia,
Poland,
Portugal,
Romania,
Russia,
Serbia,
Slovakia,
Slovenia,
Spain,
Switzerland,
Syria,
Tunisia,
Turkey
(incl.
European Turkey),
Turkmenistan,
Ukraine
(incl.
Crimea).
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Emys orbicularis
© Rune Midtgaard
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Emys trinacris
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Sicilian Pond Turtle
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Sizilianische Sumpfschildkröte
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Siciliansk Sumpskildpadde
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Emys trinacris Fritz, Fattizzo, Guicking, Tripepi, Pennisi, Lenk, Joger, & Wink |
Remarks:
Some authors have doubted the validity of trinacris, at least as a separate species, and placed it in the synonymy of orbicularis
(e.g., Speybroeck & Crochet 2007; Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008; Speybroeck, Beukema & Crochet 2010).
Others have treated it as a valid species (e.g., Bickham, Iverson, Parham, Philippen, Rhodin, Shaffer, Spinks & van Dijk 2007).
Vamberger, Stuckas, Sacco, D'Angelo, Arculeo, Cheylan, Corti, Valvo, Marrone, Wink & Fritz (2015) presented evidence supporting its validity.
Earlier records of orbicularis from Sicily refer to trinacris, if considered valid
(Fritz, Fattizzo, Guicking, Tripepi, Pennisi, Lenk, Joger, & Wink 2005).
Also reported from the Italian mainland, but the status of these records is uncertain as they may represent introduced turtles.
They are herein provisionally regarded as such.
Distribution:
Italy
(Sicily).
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