Emydidae

E518906

taxonomic family turtle family

Emydidae is a diverse family of primarily freshwater turtles, including pond, box, and marsh turtles found across North America, Europe, and parts of Asia.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Painted turtle	2
Old World pond turtles	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	taxonomic family ⓘ turtle family ⓘ
aquaticLifestyle	primarily aquatic ⓘ
baskingBehavior	frequent basking on logs and rocks ⓘ
class	Reptilia NERFINISHED ⓘ
commonName	New World pond turtles ⓘ marsh turtles ⓘ pond turtles ⓘ
conservationConcern	many species threatened or endangered ⓘ
containsSpecies	Chrysemys picta NERFINISHED ⓘ Emys orbicularis NERFINISHED ⓘ Graptemys geographica NERFINISHED ⓘ Pseudemys concinna NERFINISHED ⓘ Terrapene carolina ⓘ Trachemys scripta NERFINISHED ⓘ
diet	omnivorous ⓘ
distribution	Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ North America NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Hemisphere NERFINISHED ⓘ
ectothermic	true ⓘ
eggLayingSite	terrestrial nests ⓘ
habitat	freshwater ⓘ lakes ⓘ marshes ⓘ ponds ⓘ slow-moving rivers ⓘ
includesCommonGroups	box turtles ⓘ marsh turtles ⓘ pond turtles ⓘ
kingdom	Animalia ⓘ
limbAdaptation	webbed feet ⓘ
notableGenus	Chrysemys NERFINISHED ⓘ Emys NERFINISHED ⓘ Graptemys NERFINISHED ⓘ Pseudemys NERFINISHED ⓘ Terrapene NERFINISHED ⓘ Trachemys NERFINISHED ⓘ
order	Testudines NERFINISHED ⓘ
phylum	Chordata ⓘ
recognizedFor	diversity of freshwater turtles ⓘ
reproduction	oviparous ⓘ
shellType	hard-shelled ⓘ
suborder	Cryptodira ⓘ
superfamily	Testudinoidea NERFINISHED ⓘ
taxonRank	family ⓘ
terrestrialMembers	box turtles (Terrapene) NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeGenus	Emys NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastern box turtle → family → Emydidae ⓘ

Michigan → stateReptile → Emydidae ⓘ

this entity surface form: Painted turtle

Michigan → hasOfficialReptile → Emydidae ⓘ

this entity surface form: Painted turtle

Geoemydidae → commonName → Emydidae ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old World pond turtles