Emys

The following two or three species may be assigned to the genus Emys (sensu lato).[2]

• Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758) – European pond turtle[3]
• Emys trinacris Fritz et al., 2005 – Sicilian pond turtle[3][4]
• Emys blandingii (Holbrook, 1838) – Blanding's turtle (disputed may belong in the genus Emydoidea)[3][5]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Emys.

The eastern North American species, E. blandingii, is usually separated into its own genus, Emydoidea but this is disputed by some. Similarly, the western North American species, E. marmorata and E. pallida, were recently moved to their own genus, Actinemys.[6]

Bibliography

• Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley (2010-12-14). "Turtles of the World 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution and Conservation Status" (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
• Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour (2011-12-31). "Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status" (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-22.

• Duméril AMC (1805). Zoologie analytique, ou méthode naturelle de classification des animaux, rendue plus facile a l'aide de tableaux synoptiques. Paris: Allais. (H.L. Perronneau, printer). xxxiii + 544 pp. (Emys, new genus, pp. 76–77). (in French).