Emys

Emys
European pond turtle
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Subclass: Anapsida
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Emydidae
Subfamily: Emydinae
Genus: Emys
Duméril, 1805[1]
Key:
  Range of Emys trinacris.
  Range of Emys blandingii.
  Range of Emys orbicularis.
  Range of Emys marmorata.

Emys is a small genus of turtles. Species assigned to this genus include:[2]

The two North American species, E. blandingii and E. marmorata, are sometimes separated into their own genera (Emydoidea and Actinemys respectively).[6]

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