EMYSystem Subfamily Page: Emydinae
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OrderOrder Testudines (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
FamilyFamily Emydidae (Pond Turtles)
SubfamilySubfamily Emydinae (Emydine Turtles)
Genus
Species
range of subfamily Emydinae
approximate range
Clemmys
Emydoidea
Emys
Terrapene
 
Original Description Rafinesque 1815 : 75
Original name Emidania
Common name Emydine Turtles
Distribution Americas and Eurasia; North Africa
Comments Phylogenetic relationships are discussed by McDowell (1964), Bramble (1974), and Dryden (1989). See Smith and Smith (1979:413-415) for taxonomic history. Gaffney and Meylan (1988) and Seidel and Adkins (1989) favor the recognition of two subfamilies: the Emydinae (Clemmys, Emys, Emydoidea, and Terrapene) and the Deirochelyinae (Chrysemys, Deirochelys, Graptemys, Malaclemys, Pseudemys, and Trachemys).
 
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