EMYSystem Genus Page: Emydoidea
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OrderOrder Testudines (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
FamilyFamily Emydidae (Pond Turtles)
SubfamilySubfamily Emydinae (Emydine Turtles)
GenusGenus Emydoidea (Blanding's Turtles)
Species
range of genus Emydoidea
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E. blandingii
 
Original Description Gray 1870c : 19
Common name Blanding's Turtles
Distribution As for the single species
Comments See comment under Deirochelys. Considered synonymous with the genus Emys until clarified by Loveridge and Williams (1957:188-189).
 
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