Pond Turtle

Pond turtle may refer to:

  • Emydidae, a family of pond turtles
    • Emys, a genus of Emydidae
      • European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis)
      • Sicilian pond turtle (Emys trinacris)
      • Western pond turtle (Actinemys marmorata or Emys marmorata)
  • Giant Asian pond turtle (Heosemys grandis)
  • Mauremys, a family of pond turtles
    • Chinese pond turtle (Mauremys reevesii)
    • Japanese pond turtle (Mauremys japonica)
  • Philippine forest turtle or Leyte pond turtle (Heosemys leytensis)

Famous quotes containing the words pond and/or turtle:

    “This pond never breaks up so soon as the others in this neighborhood, on account both of its greater depth and its having no stream passing through it to melt or wear away the ice.... It indicates better than any water hereabouts the absolute progress of the season, being least affected by transient changes of temperature. A severe cold of a few days’ duration in March may very much retard the opening of the former ponds, while the temperature of Walden increases almost uninterruptedly.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “The second day of Christmas,
    My true love sent to me
    Two turtle doves,”
    —Unknown. The Twelve Days of Christmas (l. 4–6)