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title: "Cágado-de-carapaça-estriada"
description: "Emys orbicularis — Répteis. The European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis), also called commonly the European pond terrapin and the European pond tortoise, is a species of long-living freshwater turtle in the family Emydidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/european-pond-turtle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Cágado-de-carapaça-estriada

> Emys orbicularis — Répteis. The European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis), also called commonly the European pond terrapin and the European pond tortoise, is a species of long-living freshwater turtle in the family Emydidae.

- Scientific name: *Emys orbicularis*
- Category: `reptiles` (Répteis)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 12487
- Wikidata: [Q187036](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q187036)
- iNaturalist taxon: [39867](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/39867)

## Names

- en: European Pond Turtle
- de: Europäische Sumpfschildkröte
- es: Galápago europeo
- fr: Cistude d'Europe
- nl: Europese moerasschildpad
- pt: Cágado-de-carapaça-estriada
- pl: Żółw błotny

## Countries with the most observations

UA (1539), FR (1521), RU (1415), IT (1059), HU (745), RO (517), AT (496), GR (494), HR (476), ES (347), AL (342), IR (322)

## Summary

The European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis), also called commonly the European pond terrapin and the European pond tortoise, is a species of long-living freshwater turtle in the family Emydidae. The species is endemic to the Western Palearctic.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_pond_turtle

## Photo

![Cágado-de-carapaça-estriada](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/european-pond-turtle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Екатерина Евстратова · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/49869953

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/european-pond-turtle?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).