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Geoemydidae

Eastern Pond Turtles
Östliche Sumpfschildkröten
Østlige Sumpskildpadder

Contents:
(as of 31st December, 2022) | Endemicity:
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19 genera of which 2 (10.5%) are endemic | 0% 100%
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73 species of which 17 (23.3%) are endemic | 0% 100%
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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.
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