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European Pond Terrapin

Emys orbicularis

193Records since 2000
MayPeak month
18Counties with records
Near ThreatenedIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb1
Mar13
Apr34
May36
Jun25
Jul28
Aug36
Sep16
Oct3
Nov0
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England7
2Cornwall England4
3Essex England3
4City of Edinburgh Scotland2
5Powys Wales2
6Cambridgeshire England1
7Norfolk England1
8Suffolk England1
9Surrey England1
10Lincolnshire England1
11Somerset England1
12West Berkshire England1
13Thurrock England1
14Halton England1
15Bury England1
177 England3 Scotland13 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 18 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
193
Peak month
May
Counties with records
18
IUCN Red List
Near Threatened
Scientific name
Emys orbicularis
Group
Reptiles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
196
Conservation designations
Bern Convention
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Testudines
Family
Emydidae
Genus
Emys
Name with authority
Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q187036 · GBIF 8909809