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Turtles (Testudines)    Genera Actinemys Pacific Pond Turtles Chrysemys American Painted Turtle Clemmys American Spotted Turtle Deirochelys Chicken Turtle Emydoidea Blanding's Turtle Emys European Pond Turtles Glyptemys North American Wood Turtle and Bog Turtle Graptemys Map Turtles Malaclemys Diamondback Terrapin Pseudemys Cooter Turtles Terrapene American Box Turtles Trachemys Slider Turtles

Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: September 10th, 2025. Biodiversity of the family Emydidae Bibliography of the family Emydidae Emydidae Western Pond Turtles Westliche Sumpfschildkröten Vestlige Sumpskildpadder Contents: Endemicity: 12 genera of which 2 (16.7%) are endemic   0% 100% 56 species of which 39 (69.6%) are endemic   0% 100% Remarks: Previously included the subfamily Batagurinae (now the separate family Geoemydidae). Distribution:  North America, Central America, South America, West Indies, Europe, Central Asia, NW. Africa. Reported from: Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belarus, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Nicaragua, North Macedonia, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela.