European pond terrapin

European pond terrapin

Taxobox
name = European Pond Terrapin
status = LR/nt | status_system = IUCN2.3
status_ref= [IUCN2006|assessors=Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group|year=1996|id=7717|title=Emys orbicularis|downloaded=11 May 2006]


image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Testudines
familia = Emydidae
genus = "Emys"
species = "E. orbicularis"
binomial = "Emys orbicularis"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)

The European pond terrapin (also European pond turtle or European pond tortoise), "Emys orbicularis" is a turtle found in southern and central Europe, West Asia and North Africa. It lives in and around slow-flowing water and hibernates for up to seven months of the year at the bottom of the water. Its shell is brown with a hint of green, spotted yellow.

Parasites

This species hosts several species of parasites, including "Haemogregarina stepanovi", monogeneans of genus "Polystomoides", vascular trematodes of genus "Spirhapalum" and many nematode species.

References

External links

* [http://www.emys-home.de "Emys orbicularis"]
*ARKive - [http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/reptiles/Emys_orbicularis/ images and movies of the European pond turtle "(Emys orbicularis)"]


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