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WoRMS taxon details

Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

999896 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:999896)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Emys Duméril, 1806

Original name

Testudo orbicularis Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Cistudo lutaria (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted

Testudo lutaria Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted

Testudo orbicularis Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Testudo orbicularis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

Uetz, P. (ed.) (2026). The Reptile Database. Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=999896 on 2026-06-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-06-22 06:07:54Z

created

db_admin

2017-06-30 14:20:27Z

checked

Uetz, Peter

2019-09-16 06:11:02Z

changed

Uetz, Peter

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Testudo orbicularis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Jirí Hošek (eds.). (2021). The Reptile Database. , available online at http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz [details]

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]