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Emys orbicularis
(Linnaeus, 1758)
- European pond turtle
(reptile)
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Entity:
Emys (Genus)
..Emys blandingii (Species) - Blanding's turtle
..Emys marmorata (Species) - western pond turtle
..Emys trinacris (Species) - Sicilian pond turtle
..Emys orbicularis (Species) - European pond turtle
....Emys orbicularis eiselti (Subspecies) - Eiselt's pond turtle
....Emys orbicularis fritzjuergenobsti (Subspecies) - Obst's pond turtle
....Emys orbicularis galloitalica (Subspecies) - Franco-Italian pond turtle
....Emys orbicularis hellenica (Subspecies) - Hellenic pond turtle
....Emys orbicularis ingauna (Subspecies) - Ligurian pond turtle
....Emys orbicularis occidentalis (Subspecies) - Magreb pond turtle
....Emys orbicularis orbicularis (Subspecies) - European pond turtle
....Emys orbicularis persica (Subspecies) - eastern pond turtle
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
(C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Original name
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 198.
Original rank
:
Subsequent generic combination
:
Original spelling
:
Types
Type of
:
Emys
(Genus)
Duméril, 1805
Ref:
P. Uetz et al. (eds.), 2016
: 16 Aug 2016.
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Emys orbicularis orbicularis
(Linnaeus 1758)
Ref:
Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B. & Bour, R.], 2014
: 367.
[inferred]
Variants
Different spelling
:
Emys arbicularis
Combinations
Basionym
:
Testudo orbicularis
Linnaeus, 1758
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
Europese moerasschildpad
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
European pond turtle
Ref:
P.P. van Dijk et al., 2014
: 366.
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