Spanish pond turtle

Spanish pond turtle
Spanish pond turtle (Mauremys leprosa)
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Family:	Geoemydidae
Genus:	Mauremys
Species:	M. leprosa
Binomial name
Mauremys leprosa (Schweigger, 1812)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Mauremys leprosa leprosa Emys leprosa Schweigger, 1812 Emys lutescens Schweigger, 1812 Emys marmorea Spix, 1824 Clemmys sigriz Michahelles, 1829 Emys vulgaris Gray, 1831 Emys sigritzii Gray, 1831 (ex errore) Terrapene sigriz — Bonaparte, 1832 Emys sigriz — A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835 Clemmys (Clemmys) leprosa — Fitzinger, 1835 Clemmys (Clemmys) lutescens — Fitzinger, 1835 Emys laticeps Gray, 1854 Emys fuliginosus Gray, 1860 Clemmys fuliginosa Strauch, 1862 Clemmys laticeps — Strauch, 1862 Clemmys marmorea — Strauch, 1862 Emys flavipes Gray, 1869 Emys fraseri Gray, 1869 Mauremys fuliginosa — Gray, 1869 Mauremys laniaria Gray, 1869 Emys laniaria — Gray, 1870 Eryma laticeps — Gray, 1870 Emys lamaria Gray, 1873 (ex errore) Emys caspica var. leprosa — Boettger, 1874 Clemmys caspica sigriz — Bedriaga, 1882 Clemmys caspica leprosa — Bedriaga, 1890 Mauremys caspica leprosa — Młynarski, 1969 Mauremys leprosa — Bour, 1978 Mauremys leprosa atlantica Schleich, 1996 Mauremys leprosa erhardi Schleich, 1996 Mauremys leprosa marokkensis Schleich, 1996 Mauremys leprosa wernerkaestlei Schleich, 1996 Mauremys leprosa leprosa — McCord, 1997 Mauremys leprosa erhardii — Fritz, Barata, Busack, Fritzsch & Castilho, 2006 (ex errore) Mauremys leprosa saharica Emys fraseri Gray, 1869 (partim, nomen dubium) Mauremys leprosa saharica Schleich, 1996 Mauremys leprosa zizi Schleich, 1996 Mauremys leprosa vanmeerhaeghei Bour & Maran, 1999 Mauremys leprosa vanmerhaeghei Bour & Maran, 1999 (ex errore) Mauremys leprosa vanmeerhaghei — Fritz, Fritzsch, Lehr, Ducotterd & Müller, 2005 (ex errore)

The Spanish pond turtle or Mediterranean turtle (Mauremys leprosa) is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae.

Subspecies

• M. l. leprosa (Schweigger, 1812)^[1]
• M. l. saharica Schleich, 1996^[1] – Saharan pond turtle

Distribution

It is naturally distributed in Spain, Portugal, France, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, and it has been introduced into Italy.^[3]

References

Bibliography

• Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley (2010-12-14). "Turtles of the World 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution and Conservation Status". Archived from the original (pdf) on 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2010-12-15. 

External links

• Mauremys leprosa, The Reptile Database

Turtle family Geoemydidae
Genus	Species of the family Geoemydidae
Batagur	Burmese roofed turtle Northern river terrapin Painted terrapin Red-crowned roofed turtle Southern river terrapin Three-striped roofed turtle
Cuora	Amboina box turtle Bourret's box turtle Indochinese box turtle McCord's box turtle Keeled box turtle Pan's box turtle Southern Vietnamese box turtle Chinese three-striped box turtle Yellow-headed box turtle Yellow-margined box turtle Yunnan box turtle Zhou's box turtle
Cyclemys	Asian leaf turtle Assam leaf turtle Eastern black-bridged leaf turtle Enigmatic leaf turtle Myanmar brown leaf turtle Oldham's leaf turtle Western black-bridged leaf turtle
Geoclemys	Black pond turtle
Geoemyda	Black-breasted leaf turtle Ryukyu black-breasted leaf turtle
Hardella	Brahminy river turtle
Heosemys	Arakan forest turtle Giant Asian pond turtle Spiny turtle Yellow-headed temple turtle
Leucocephalon	Sulawesi forest turtle
Malayemys	Malayan snail-eating turtle Mekong snail-eating turtle
Mauremys	Balkan pond turtle Caspian turtle Chinese pond turtle Chinese stripe-necked turtle Japanese pond turtle Red-necked pond turtle Spanish pond turtle Vietnamese pond turtle Yellow pond turtle
Melanochelys	Indian black turtle Tricarinate hill turtle
Morenia	Burmese eyed turtle Indian eyed turtle
Notochelys	Malayan flat-shelled turtle
Orlitia	Malaysian giant turtle
Pangshura	Assam roofed turtle Brown roofed turtle Indian roofed turtle Indian tent turtle
Rhinoclemmys	Black river turtle Brown wood turtle Colombian wood turtle Furrowed wood turtle Large-nosed wood turtle Maracaibo wood turtle Mexican spotted wood turtle Painted wood turtle Spot-legged turtle
Sacalia	Beal's eyed turtle Four-eyed turtle
Siebenrockiella	Black marsh turtle Philippine forest turtle
Vijayachelys	Cane turtle
Phylogenetic arrangement based on turtles of the world 2011 update: annotated checklist.