European pond turtle

European pond turtle
Hellenic pond turtle E. o. hellenica, Butrint, Albania
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Emydidae
Genus:	Emys
Species:	E. orbicularis
Binomial name
Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
The range of the European pond turtle
Synonyms[2]
Emys orbicularis orbicularis Testudo orbicularis Linnaeus, 1758 Testudo lutaria Linnaeus, 1758 Testudo europaea Schneider, 1783 Testudo pulchella Schoepff, 1801 Emydes lutaria — Brongniart, 1805 Emys europaea — Schweigger, 1812 Emys lutaria — Schweigger, 1812 Hydrone orbicularis — Rafinesque, 1814 Emys pulchella Merrem, 1820 Terrapene europaea — Bell, 1826 Emys (Cistuda) europea [sic] Gray, 1831 (ex errore) Cistuda europaea — Gray, 1831 Testudo lutraria [sic] Gray, 1831 (ex errore) Cistudo europaea — A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835 Clemmys (Clemmys) lutaria — Fitzinger, 1835 Emys turfa C.E.H. Meyer, 1835 Emys lutaria var. borealis Nilsson, 1841 Lutremys europaea — Gray, 1856 Cistudo lutaria — Strauch, 1862 Cistudo anhaltina Giebel, 1866 Emys orbicularis — Blanford, 1876 Emys lutaria taurica Mehnert, 1890 Emys europaea var. concolor Dürigen, 1897 Emys europaea var. punctata Dürigen, 1897 Emys europaea var. sparsa Dürigen, 1897 Emys orbicularis aralensis Nikolsky, 1915 Emys orbicularis orbicularis — Mertens, L. Müller & Rust, 1934 Emys orbicularis capolongoi Emys orbicularis (galloitalica) capolongoi Fritz, 1995 Emys orbicularis capolongii [sic] Obst, 2003 (ex errore) Emys orbicularis colchica Emys orbicularis colchica Fritz, 1994 Emys orbicularis eiselti Emys orbicularis eiselti Fritz, Baran, Budak & Amthauer, 1998 Emys orbicularis fritzjuergenobsti Emys orbicularis fritzjuergenobsti Fritz, 1993 Emys orbicularis fritzjuergenobstii [sic] Obst, 2003 (ex errore) Emys orbicularis galloitalica Emys orbicularis (galloitalica) galloitalica Fritz, 1995 Emys orbicularis hellenica Cistuda hellenica Valenciennes, 1832 Emys antiquorum Valenciennes, 1833 Emys (Emys) hofmanni Fitzinger, 1835 Emys orbicularis var. hoffmanni Schreiber, 1875 (not Emys hofmanni Fitzinger, 1835) Emys orbicularis var. atra F. Werner, 1897 Emys europaea var. maculosa Dürigen, 1897 Emys orbicularis var. hellenica — Kovatscheff, 1903 Emys orbicularis hispanica Emys orbicularis hispanica Fritz, Keller & Budde, 1996 Emys orbicularis iberica Emys europaea var. iberica Eichwald, 1831 Emys orbicularis kurae Fritz, 1994 Emys orbicularis kuraea [sic] Rogner, 1995 (ex errore) Emys orbicularis iberica — Fritz, 1998 Emys orbicularis ingauna Emys orbicularis ingauna Jesu, Piombo, Salvidio, Lamagni, Ortale & Genta, 2004 Emys orbicularis lanzai Emys orbicularis (galloitalica) lanzai Fritz, 1995 Emys orbicularis luteofusca Emys orbicularis luteofusca Fritz, 1989 Emys orbicularis occidentalis Emys orbicularis occidentalis Fritz, 1993 Emys orbicularis persica Emys europaea var. persica Eichwald, 1831 Emys orbicularis orientalis Fritz, 1994 Emys orbicularis persica — Fritz, 1998 Emys orbicularis versica [sic] Artner, 2003 (ex errore)

The European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis), also called commonly the European pond terrapin and the European pond tortoise, is a species of long-living freshwater turtle in the family Emydidae.^[3] The species is endemic to the Western Palearctic.