Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Alternative spelling: Bataguridae
Parent taxon: Emydidae according to J. W. Bickham 1975
See also Eaton et al. 1999, Ernst and Barbour 1989, Joyce et al. 2004, Kuhn 1966, Staesche et al. 2007 and Tao 1985
Sister taxa: Callagur, Chelonemys, Chelopus, Chrysemys limnodytes, Clemmys hutchensorum, Clemmys saxea, Deirochelyinae, Deirochelys floridana, Emydinae, Emydoidea, Emydoidea hutchisoni, Emys, Epiemys, Glyptemys, Grayemys, Gyremys, Hieremys, Hybemys, Lyssemys, Malacoclemmys, Palaeotheca, Polyechmatemys, Pseudemys, Pseudemys bisornatus, Pseudemys extincta, Pseudemys hillii, Pseudochrysemys, Pseudograptemys, Pyxidea, Sakya, Senryuemys, Shansiemys, Sharemys, Terrapene
Subtaxa: Chinemys Kachuga Omegachelys
Type: Batagur
Ecology: amphibious omnivore
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