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    Species Accepted

    Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758)

    European Pond Terrapin
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Emys
    IUCNNear Threatened

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 13 countries or islands

      13 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      nullNoUnknown
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      BelgiumNo
      BelgiumNoUnknown
      BelgiumNoUnknown
      BelgiumNoUnknown
      SwitzerlandNo
      CzechiaNo
      DenmarkNo
      United KingdomYes
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      77 results
      Apoarmatu istilzale Basque
      Balinis vėžlys Lithuanian
      Baot-dour gwern Breton
      Benekli kaplumbağa Turkish
      Błotny żółw Kashubian
      Cistude French
      Cistude d'Europe French
      Cistude d'Europe (La) French
      Cágado de Carapaça Estriada Portuguese
      Cágado-de-carapaça-estriada Portuguese

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
      4 results
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      306 results
      Ernst,C.H. and Barbour,R.W. (1989). Turtles of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. - London.
      Trakimas, G., & Jonas Sidaravičius. (2008). Road mortality threatens small northern populations of the European pond turtle, Emys orbicularis. Acta Herpetologica 3 (2): 161-166.
      Ziane, Nadia; Samira Fediras, Rachid Rouag, Anthony Olivier, slim Benyacoub. (2020). Feeding habits of the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) in the Lake Tonga, Algeria. Herpetology Notes 13: 875-881.
      Kabisch, K., & Belter, H. (1968). Das Verzehren von Amphibien und Reptilien durch Vögel. Zoologische Abhandlungen Aus Dem Staatlichen Museum Für Tierkunde in Dresden 29: 191-227.
      Perianes, Mario J., Juan M. D. B. Gómez, Maria D. Fernandez-Alzas, Jose L. Perez-Bote, Antonio M. d. Viejo and Manuel Blasco. (2006). Aplicaciones del analisis de imagen como herramienta taxonomica en la discriminacion de poblaciones de Emys orbicularis (L. 1758). Boletin de La Asociacion Herpetologica Española 17(2):109-113.
      Bakiev, A., Kirillov, A., Kirillova, N., Ruchin, A., Klenina, A., Gorelov, R., & Kostina, N. (2020). Reptile occurrences data in the Volga River basin (Russia). Biodiversity Data Journal, 8: E58033.
      Brandes, Florian, & Martina Anne-Claire Meeske. (2015). Ein Wiederansiedlungsprojekt für die Europäische Sumpfschildkröte und die Problematik ausgesetzter Wasserschildkröten aus Privathaltung. Terraria-Elaphe 2015 (3): 32-36.
      Rouag R, Ziane N, & De Sousa M. (2024). A tentative list of reptilian fauna of Algeria and their conservation status. Biodiversity Data Journal 12: E120471.
      Frynta,D. et al. (1997). Results of the Czech biological expedition to Iran. Part 1. Notes on the distribution of amphibians and reptiles. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem. 61: 3-17.
      Schönbächler, & Katja. (2023). Untersuchungen am Gesundheitszustand von Europäischen Sumpfschildkröten (Emys orbicularis) in der Schweiz. Elaphe 2023 (2): 68-70.

      Citation

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