| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | REPTILIA | TESTUDINES | EMYDIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Emys orbicularis | |||||||||
| Species Authority: | (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||||||||
Common Name/s:
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| Synonym/s: |
Emys orbicularis Eichwald, 1831
Emys orbicularis Fritz, 1989
Emys orbicularis Fritz, 1993
Emys orbicularis Fritz, 1994
Emys orbicularis Fritz, 1995
Emys orbicularis Fritz, Baran, Budak & Amthauer, 1998
Emys orbicularis Fritz, Keller & Budde, 1996
Emys orbicularis Jesu, Piombo, Salvidio, Lamagni, Ortale & Genta, 2004
Emys orbicularis (Valenciennes in Bibron & Bory de Saint-Vicent, 1832)
Testudo europaea Schneider, 1783
Testudo orbicularis Linnaeus, 1758
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Lower Risk/near threatened ver 2.3 |
| Year Published: | 1996 |
| Annotations: |
Needs updating
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| Assessor/s: | Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group |
| Countries: |
Native:
Albania; Algeria; Armenia; Austria; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Czech Republic; France; Georgia; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Ireland; Italy; Kazakhstan; Latvia; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of; Malta; Moldova; Monaco; Montenegro; Morocco; Netherlands; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Russian Federation; Serbia; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Switzerland; Syrian Arab Republic; Tunisia; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Ukraine
Introduced:
Belgium; Luxembourg; United Kingdom
Presence uncertain:
Cyprus; Iraq
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| Habitat and Ecology: | Semi-aquatic - ponds, lakes, brooks, streams, rivers, drainage canals. |
| Systems: | Terrestrial; Freshwater |
| Citation: | Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Emys orbicularis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 May 2012. |
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