Emydidae

Southern Painted Turtle ( Chrysemys picta dorsalis)

The New World pond turtles ( Emydidae ) differs in the structure of the carapace, and the skull of the Old World pond turtles ( Geoemydidae ), which were formerly classed them. There are over 30 species in two subfamilies Deirochelyinae and Emydinae.

Dissemination

As the name suggests, the New World pond turtles live so in the New World in North, Central and South America. One type, however, the European pond turtle ( Emys orbicularis ), lives in Southern and Central Europe, North Africa and Turkey to northern Iran. She is also the only one in Germany, Austria and Switzerland naturally occurring tortoise. However, there are only rare local remainders.

Way of life

Most New World Pond Turtles lead an aquatic bound to aquatic life. The Diamondback Terrapin ( Malaclemys terrapin ) is also in brackish water. The Terrapins ( Terrapene ) tend to live terrestrial, on land.

System

  • New World pond turtles ( Emydidae ) Subfamily Emydinae genus Actinemys Pacific pond turtle ( Actinemys marmorata ) Agassiz 1857
  • American terrapin ( Emydoidea blandingii ) Holbrook 1838
  • European pond turtle ( Emys orbicularis) Linnaeus 1758
  • Sicilian pond turtle (Emys trinacris ) Fritz, Fattizzo, Guicking, Tripepi, Pennisi, steering, Joger & Wink 2005
  • Spotted turtle ( Clemmys guttata ) Schneider 1792
  • Forest pond turtle ( Glyptemys insculpta ) Le Conte 1830
  • Bog turtle ( Glyptemys muhlenbergii ) Schoepff 1801
  • Eastern Box Turtle ( Terrapene carolina ) Linnaeus 1758
  • Coahuila Box Turtle ( Terrapene coahuila ) Schmidt & Owens 1944
  • Drop Box Turtle ( Terrapene nelsoni ) Stejneger 1925
  • Ornate Box Turtle ( Terrapene ornata ) Agassiz 1857
  • Genus Chrysemys Painted Turtle ( Chrysemys picta ) Schneider 1783
  • Long-neck -eared ( Deirochelys reticularia ) Latreille 1801
  • Barbour's hump turtle ( Graptemys barbouri ) Carr & Marchand 1942
  • Cagles hump turtle ( Graptemys caglei ) Haynes & Mckown 1974
  • Escambia bump turtle ( Graptemys Ernie ) Lovich & McCoy 1992
  • Yellow Polka Dot hump turtle ( Graptemys flavimaculata ) Cagle 1954
  • Map hump turtle ( Graptemys geographica ) Le Sueur 1817
  • Pascagoula bump turtle ( Graptemys gibbonsi ) Lovich & McCoy 1992
  • Black button - bump turtle ( Graptemys nigrinoda ) Cagle 1954
  • Superb bump turtle ( Graptemys oculifera ) Baur 1890
  • Ouachita Map turtles ( Graptemys ouachitensis ) Cagle 1953
  • Graptemys pseudogeographica Gray 1831 Wrong Map hump turtle ( Graptemys pseudogeographica pseudogeographica )
  • Mississippi hump turtle ( Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii )
  • Alabama red-bellied eared ( Pseudemys alabamensis ) Baur 1893
  • Ordinary eared ( Pseudemys concinna ) Le Conte 1830
  • Rio -Grande -eared ( Pseudemys gorzugi ) Ward 1984
  • Florida Red-bellied eared ( Pseudemys nelsoni ) Carr 1938
  • Peninsula -eared ( Pseudemys peninsularis ) Carr 1938
  • Pseudemys rubriventris Le Conte in 1830
  • Pseudemys suwanniensis Carr 1937
  • Texas -eared ( Pseudemys texana ) Baur 1893
  • Trachemys adiutrix Vanzolini 1995
  • Trachemys decorata Barbour & Carr 1940
  • Trachemys decussata Gray 1831
  • Trachemys dorbigni Duméril & Bibron 1835
  • Trachemys gaigeae Hartweg 1939
  • North American letter -eared (Trachemys scripta ) Schoepff 1792 Yellow-bellied jewelry slider (Trachemys scripta scripta )
  • Red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)
  • Trachemys scripta troostii
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque Middle America (region) False map turtle
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