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European Pond Turtles
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European Pond Turtles

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 its subfamily Emydinae outside of North America.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

European Pond Turtle

speciesEmys orbicularis

Sicilian Pond Turtle

speciesEmys trinacris

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 39866.