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Turtles (Testudines)    Genera Batagur River Terrapins Cuora Asian Box Turtles Cyclemys Asian Leaf Turtles Geoclemys South Asian Spotted Pond Turtle Geoemyda Black-breasted Leaf Turtles Hardella Crowned River Turtle Heosemys Forest Turtles Leucocephalon Sulawesi Forest Turtle Malayemys Southeast Asian Snail-eating Turtles Mauremys Stripe-necked Turtles Melanochelys Indian Black Turtles Morenia Western Eyed Turtles Notochelys Malayan Flat-shelled Turtle Orlitia Malaysian Giant Turtle Pangshura Roofed Turtles Rhinoclemmys Neotropical Wood Turtles Sacalia Eastern Eyed Turtles Siebenrockiella Black Marsh Turtle and Philippine Pond Turtle Vijayachelys Cochin Forest Cane Turtle

Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022. Biodiversity of the family Geoemydidae Bibliography of the family Geoemydidae Geoemydidae Eastern Pond Turtles Östliche Sumpfschildkröten Østlige Sumpskildpadder Contents: Endemicity: 19 genera of which 2 (10.5%) are endemic   0% 100% 73 species of which 17 (23.3%) are endemic   0% 100% Remarks: Previously regarded as a subfamily of the family Emydidae and referred to as Batagurinae. Later, the subfamily was given status as a separate family as Bataguridae (Gaffney & Meylan 1988). Bour & Dubois (1986) demonstrated that the name Geoemydidae has precedence over Bataguridae. Distribution:  Mexico, Central America, South America, S. Europe, N. Africa, Middle East, S. and E. Asia, Malay Archipelago. Reported from: Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belize, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, French Guiana, Gambia, Georgia, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, North Korea, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Surinam, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Venezuela, Vietnam.