European Pond Turtle, Emys orbicularis

European Pond Turtle

Emys orbicularis

Adult female

Photograph by Dorothy DeLisle

European Pond Turtle

Emys orbicularis

Adult male

Photograph by Dorothy DeLisle

European Pond Turtle

Emys orbicularis

Plastron of the female (left) and male (right)

shown above. Note the considerably thicker and Colorful young. Greece.
longer tail of the male.
Photographs by James Buskirk
Photograph by Dorothy DeLisle
 European Pond Turtle, Emys orbicularis

Carapace (left) and plastron (right) of a wild adult female from Bitola, Macedonia.