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European Pond Turtles
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European Pond Turtles

Emys

Emys is a small genus of turtles in the family Emydidae. The genus (sensu lato) is endemic to Europe and 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.