A new cryptic species of pond turtle from southern Italy, the hottest spot in the range of the genus Emys (Reptilia, Testudines, Emydidae)

By U. Fritz, T. Fattizzo, D. Guicking, S. Tripepi, M. Pennisi, Peter Lenk, U. Joger, M. Wink. 2005

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Mitochondrial phylogeography, contact zones and taxonomy of grass snakes (Natrix natrix, N. megalocephala) (2013, background): “…siculus, Podnar et al. 2005; Lissotriton italicus and Triturus carnifex, Canestrelli et al. 2012a,b; Hyla intermedia, Canestrelli et al. 2007; Pelophylax lessonae, Canestrelli & Nascetti 2008; Rana italica, Canestrelli et al. 2008; perhaps Emys orbicularis and E. trinacris, Fritz et al. 2005).”
Phylogeography of western Palaearctic reptiles - Spatial and temporal speciation patterns $ (2007, background): “As turtles harbouring lineage III haplotypes differ in nuclear and mitochondrial genomic markers consistently from all other European pond turtles, they were described as the distinct species Emys trinacris (Fritz et al. 2005).”
Species list of the European herpetofauna – 2020 update by the Taxonomic Committee of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica (2020, background): “Testudines/Chelonii Based on nuclear genomic ISSR fingerprints and mtDNA sequences, Fritz et al. (2005) described Emys trinacris as a distinct species endemic to Sicily and Calabria, albeit the record from Calabria was later questioned (Vamberger et al., 2015).”