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Competing generic concepts for Blanding's, Pacific and European pond turtles (Emydoidea, Actinemys and Emys)-Which is best?

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  • 1. Museum of Zoology, Senckenberg Dresden, A. B. Meyer Building, D-01109 Dresden, Germany
  • 2. Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, MRC 162, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012, USA Corresponding author. E-mail: uwe.fritz@senckenberg.de

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Fritz, Uwe, Schmidt, Christian, Ernst, Carl H. (2011): Competing generic concepts for Blanding's, Pacific and European pond turtles (Emydoidea, Actinemys and Emys)-Which is best? Zootaxa 2791 (1): 41-53, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2791.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2791.1.3

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