New World pond turtles

New World pond turtles
	Southern ornamental turtle ( Chrysemys picta dorsalis )
Systematics
without rank:	Amniotes (Amniota)
without rank:	Sauropsida
Order :	Turtles (Testudinata)
Subordination :	Halsberger tortoises (Cryptodira)
Superfamily :	Terrapins and tortoises (Testudinoidea)
Family :	New World pond turtles
Scientific name
	Emydidae
	Rafinesque , 1815

The New World pond turtles (Emydidae) differ in the structure of the shell and skull from the Old World pond turtles (Geoemydidae), which were previously included in them. There are about 52 species from 10 genera in the two subfamilies Deirochelyinae and Emydinae.

distribution

As the name suggests, the New World pond turtles live in the New World, i.e. in North , Central and South America . One species, however, the European pond turtle ( Emys orbicularis ), lives in southern and central Europe, in North Africa and in Turkey to northern Iran . It is also the only naturally occurring turtle in Germany , Austria and Switzerland . But there are only rare local remnants. The population found in Sicily represents another European species, the Sicilian pond turtle ( Emys trinacris ).

Way of life

Most New World pond turtles lead an aquatic, water-bound life. The diamond turtle ( Malaclemys terrapin ) also walks in brackish water. The box turtles ( Terrapene ) live more terrestrially, on land.

Systematics

European pond turtle ( Emys orbicularis )

Tropical Tortoise ( Clemmys guttata )

Forest brook turtle ( Glyptemys insculpta )

Carolina box turtle ( Terrapene carolina carolina )

Barbours mute turtle ( Graptemys barbouri ) hatchling

Diamond turtle ( Malaclemys terrapin )

Florida red-bellied eared turtle ( Pseudemys nelsoni )

Red eared slider turtle ( Trachemys scripta elegans )

New World pond turtles (Emydidae)

Subfamily Emydinae or Clemmys complex

Genus Actinemys
Pacific pond turtle ( Actinemys marmorata (Baird & Girard, 1852))

Genus Emys

American pond turtle ( Emys blandingii (Holbrook, 1838), Syn .: Emydoidea blandingii ))

European pond turtle ( Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758))

Sicilian pond turtle ( Emys trinacris Fritz, Fattizzo, Guicking, Tripepi, Pennisi, Lenk, Joger & Wink, 2005)

Genus Clemmys
Tropical turtle ( Clemmys guttata (Schneider, 1792))

Genus American turtles ( Glyptemys )

Forest brook turtle ( Glyptemys insculpta (Le Conte, 1830))

Bog turtle ( Glyptemys muhlenbergii (Schoepff, 1801))

Genus box turtles ( Terrapene )

Carolina box turtle ( Terrapene carolina (Linnaeus, 1758))

Coahuila box turtle ( Terrapene coahuila Schmidt & Owens 1944)

Terrapene mexicana (Gray, 1849)

Drop box turtle ( Terrapene nelsoni Stejneger, 1925)

Ornate box turtle ( Terrapene ornata (Agassiz, 1857))

Subfamily Deirochelyinae or Chrysemys complex

Genus Chrysemys

Southern ornamental turtle ( Chrysemys dorsalis Agassiz, 1857) (species status disputed)

Ornamental tortoise ( Chrysemys picta (Schneider, 1783))

Genus Deirochelys
Long-necked ear turtle ( Deirochelys reticularia (Latreille, 1801))

Genus Mute Turtles ( Graptemys )

Barbour's mute turtle ( Graptemys barbouri Carr & Marchand, 1942)

Cagle's mute turtle ( Graptemys caglei Haynes & Mckown, 1974)

Escambian mute turtle ( Graptemys ernsti Lovich & Mccoy, 1992)

Yellow-spotted mute turtle ( Graptemys flavimaculata Cagle, 1954)

Map mute turtle ( Graptemys geographica (Le Sueur, 1817))

Pascagoula mute turtle ( Graptemys gibbonsi Lovich & Mccoy, 1992)

Black- buttoned mute turtle ( Graptemys nigrinoda Cagle, 1954)

Magnificent mute turtle ( Graptemys oculifera (Baur, 1890))

Ouachita mute turtle ( Graptemys ouachitensis Cagle, 1953)

Graptemys pearlensis Ennen, Lovich, Kreiser, Selman & Qualls, 2010

Map false turtle ( Graptemys pseudogeographica (Gray, 1831))

Missouri mute turtle ( Graptemys pseudogeographica pseudogeographica (Gray, 1831))

Mississippi Mute Turtle ( Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii (Baur, 1890))

Ornamental mute turtle ( Graptemys pulchra Baur, 1893)

Texas mute turtle ( Graptemys versa Stejneger, 1925)

Genus Malaclemys
Diamond turtle ( Malaclemys terrapin (Schoepff, 1793))

Genus real eared turtles ( Pseudemys )

Alabama red-bellied eared turtle ( Pseudemys alabamensis Baur, 1893)

Common eared turtle ( Pseudemys concinna (Le Conte, 1830))

Rio Grande eared turtle ( Pseudemys gorzugi Ward, 1984)

Florida red-bellied eared turtle ( Pseudemys nelsoni carr, 1938)

Peninsula eared turtle ( Pseudemys peninsularis Carr, 1938)

Northern red-bellied eared turtle ( Pseudemys rubriventris (Le Conte, 1830))

Suwannee- eared tortoise ( Pseudemys suwanniensis Carr, 1937) (species status unclear)

Texas eared turtle ( Pseudemys texana baur, 1893)

Genus letter-eared turtles ( Trachemys )

Maranhao eared turtle ( Trachemys adiutrix Vanzolini, 1995)

Chin-patch turtle ( Trachemys callirostris (Gray, 1855))

Hispaniola eared turtle ( Trachemys decorata (Barbour & Carr, 1940))

Cuban eared turtle ( Trachemys decussata (Gray, 1831))

South American eared turtle ( Trachemys dorbigni (Duméril & Bibron, 1835))

Nicaraguan eared turtle ( Trachemys emolli (Legler, 1990))

Mexican eared turtle ( Trachemys gaigeae (Hartweg, 1939))

Gray's eared turtle ( Trachemys grayi (Bocourt, 1868))

Pacific eared turtle ( Trachemys nebulosa (Van Denburggh, 1895))

Nayarit-eared turtle ( Trachemys ornata (Gray, 1831)) (species status unclear)

North American letter ear turtle ( Trachemys scripta , (Schoepff, 1792))

Yellow-cheeked slider turtle ( Trachemys scripta scripta (Schoepff, 1792))

Red- eared slider turtle ( Trachemys scripta elegans (Wied-Neuwied, 1838))

Cumberland ear turtle ( Trachemys scripta troostii (Holbrook, 1836))

Antilles eared turtle ( Trachemys stejnegeri Schmidt, 1928)

Cuatro Ciénegas eared turtle ( Trachemys taylori (Legler, 1960))

Jamaican ear turtle ( Trachemys terrapen (Bonnaterre, 1789))

Central American eared turtle ( Trachemys venusta (Gray, 1855))

Sonoran ear turtle ( Trachemys yaquia (Legler & Webb, 1970))

literature

Carl H. Ernst, Jeffrey E. Lovich, Roger W. Barbour: Turtles of the United States and Canada. Smithsonian Books, New York 2000, ISBN 1-56098-823-1
Holger Vetter: Turtles of the world. = Turtles of the world. Volume 2: North America. = North America. Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main 2004, ISBN 3-930612-57-7 .
Holger Vetter: Turtles of the world. = Turtles of the world. Volume 3: Central and South Africa. = Central and South America. Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main 2005, ISBN 3-930612-82-8 .

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