Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Reptilia > Order Testudines > Suborder Cryptodira > Superfamily Testudinoidea > Family Emydidae > Genus Emys

Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Testudo Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

EmysDuméril & Bibron, 1806accepted genus name

Species group names

Testudo orbicularis Linnaeus, 1758 objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Albanian: breshkujca; breshkujca europiane; breshkujësja sources: DHORA, DH. 2008: Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.
 Bulgarian: Obiknovenа blаtnа kostenurkа; Обикновена блатна костенурка; Обикновенна блатна костенурка sources: Bulgarian PESI focal point
 Danish: Europæisk sumpskildpadde sources: Denmark PESI focal point
 Dutch: Europese moerasschildpad; Europese moerrasschildpad sources: Dutch Species Register
 English: European pond terrapin; Черепаха болотяна sources: Domina, Gianniantonio (University Palermo, Department Botanical Sciences (DPCE))
 English-United States: European Pond Terrapin sources: Charles Hussey
 French: Cistude d'Europe
 German: Europäische Sumpfschildkröte sources: Germany PESI focal point
 Greek: Βαλτοχελώνα sources: Greek PESI focal point
 Italian: Testuggine d'acqua o palustre; Testuggine palustre sources: italian PESI focal point
 Lithuanian: balinis vėžlys
 Norwegian Bokmål: europeisk sumpskilpadde
 Norwegian Nynorsk: europeisk sumpskjelpadde
 Polish: Żółw błotny sources: Poland PESI focal point
 Romanian: Ţestoasa de apă sources: Romania PESI focal point
 Russian: черепаха болотная европейская sources: Russian PESI focal point
 Slovenian: močvirska sklednica sources: Slovenian PESI focal point
 Spanish, Castillian: Galápago europeo sources: spanish PESI focal point
 Turkish: Benekli kaplumbaga; Benekli kaplumbağa sources: Turkish PESI focal point
 Ukrainian: Черепаха болотяна

Genbank

loading

External Links

GBIF

Citation

Prof. Alain Dubois. Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=214787

Image

loading

Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment

no data

Importance

no data

Provided by


GUID

urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:214787

Last modified

2004-05-10 by Prof. Alain Dubois

Your feedback

click here

Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License

Your e-mail address:

Your message: