EMYSystem Text Only Family Page: Geoemydidae
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Geoemydidae ()
subfamily.......no_subfamily
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Batagur
Callagur
Chinemys
Cistoclemmys
Cuora
Cyclemys
Geoclemys
Geoemyda
Hardella
Heosemys
Hieremys
Kachuga
Malayemys
Mauremys
Melanochelys
Morenia
Notochelys
Ocadia
Orlitia
Pyxidea
Rhinoclemmys
Sacalia
Siebenrockiella
Leucocephalon
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- Original Description
- Theobald 1868 : NULL
- Original name
- None
- Common Name
- Distribution
- Europe and north Africa to southern China and the East Indies; the Americas from northern Mexico to Brazil and Ecuador
- Comments
- Taxonomic history is discussed by Smith and Smith (1979) and Pritchard and Trebbau (1984). Phylogenetic relationships are discussed by Bramble (1974), Whetstone (1978), Sites et al. (1984), Hirayama (1984), Carr and Bickham (1986), Gaffney and Meylan (1988), and Carr (1990). The close relationship between batagurine and testudinid turtles has been supported by morphological (Hirayama, 1984; Gaffney and Meylan, 1988; Carr, 1990), karyotypic (Bickham and Baker, 1976b), and biochemical studies (Mao et al., 1987; Yin et al., 1989). Gaffney (1984) and Gaffney and Meylan (1988) recommended elevation to full family status. Tribe membership noted in generic accounts follows Mlynarski (1976). The taxonomy of this group at the genus and species levels is still poorly defined.
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