EMYSystem Text Only Subfamily Page: Batagurinae
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Emydidae (Pond Turtles)
subfamily.......Batagurinae (Batagurine Turtles)
genus
species
genus list
Annamemys (Annam Leaf Turtles)
Batagur (River Terrapins)
Callagur (Painted Terrapins)
Chinemys (Chinese Pond Turtles)
Cistoclemmys (Indo-Chinese Box Turtles)
Cuora (Asian Box Turtles)
Cyclemys (Asian Leaf Turtles)
Geoclemys (Spotted Pond Turtles)
Geoemyda (Leaf Turtles)
Hardella (Crowned River Turtles)
Heosemys (Forest Turtles)
Hieremys (Yellow-headed Temple Turtles)
Kachuga (Indian Roofed Turtles)
Malayemys (Malayan Snail-eating Turtles)
Mauremys (Stripe-necked Turtles)
Melanochelys (Indian Black Turtles)
Morenia (Eyed Turtle)
Notochelys (Malayan Flat-shelled Turtles)
Ocadia (Chinese Stripe-necked Turtles)
Orlitia (Malaysian Giant Turtles)
Pyxidea (Keeled Box Turtles)
Rhinoclemmys (Neotropical Wood Turtles)
Sacalia (Eyed Turtles)
Siebenrockiella (Black Marsh Turtles)
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- Original Description
- Gray 1869 : 185
- Type Information
- (holotype)
- Synonyms
- Batagurina (original name)
- Common Names
- Batagurine Turtles
- 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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