#1513 · 🦎 reptiles

European Pond Turtle

🇳🇱 Europese Moerasschildpad ·Emys orbicularis

NTnear threatened 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Laurent Barthe · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Евсеева Анна · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Марина Горбунова-Ëлкина · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Alexander A. Fomichev · CC BY 4.0
5. © katunchik · CC BY 4.0
6. © Serge Larin · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. © marcellotaglialatela · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The European pond turtle ( Emys orbicularis ), also called the European pond terrapin and European pond tortoise , is a long-living freshwater species of turtle.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 12,650iNaturalist observations
threat NTnear threatened

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
12,650 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).