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Emys orbicularis orbicularis  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 949790

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subspecies  
  Synonym(s): Testudo lutaria Linnaeus, 1758
  
    Testudo europaea Schneider, 1783
  
    Testudo pulchella Schoepff, 1801
  
    Emys turfa Meyer, 1835
  
    Emys lutaria borealis Nilsson, 1841
  
    Emys lutaria taurica Mehnert, 1890
  
    Emys europaea sparsa Dürigen, 1897
  
    Emys orbicularis aralensis Nikolsky, 1915
  
    Emys orbicularis luteofusca Fritz, 1989
  
    Emys orbicularis colchica Fritz, 1994
  
  Common Name(s): European Pond Turtle [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderTestudines Batsch, 1788 – tortues, Turtles, Terrapins, Tortoises  
                            SuborderCryptodira Cope, 1868  
                               SuperfamilyTestudinoidea Fitzinger, 1826  
                                  FamilyEmydidae Rafinesque, 1815 – pond turtles, terrapins, Emydid Turtles  
                                     SubfamilyEmydinae Rafinesque, 1815  
                                        GenusEmys Duméril, 1805 – European Pond Turtles  
                                           SpeciesEmys orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758) – European Pond Turtle  
                                              SubspeciesEmys orbicularis orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758) – European Pond Turtle  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., J. Iverson, A. Rhodin, H. Shaffer, and R. Bour]  
  Publication Date: 2014   
  Article/Chapter Title: Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 5, v. 7   
  Page(s): 329-479   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1088-7105   
  Notes: doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v7.2014 - Available online at http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/cbftt/   
  Reference for: Emys orbicularis orbicularis, European Pond Turtle [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
       
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