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 Portugal, France, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, and it has been introduced into Italy.^[3]

References

1 2 3 Rhodin 2010, pp. 000.111-000.112
↑ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology 57 (2): 230–231. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
↑ Panzeri, Mattia; Mori, Emiliano; Mazza, Giuseppe; Menchetti, Mattia (2014). "Records of introduced stripe-necked terrapins (‘’Mauremys’’ species) in Italy". Acta Herpetologica 9 (2): 227–230. doi:10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-14480. ISSN 1827-9643.

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.

Extant turtle taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Subclass: Anapsida
Order: Chelonii or Testudines

Suborder

Superfamily

Family

Subfamily	Genus

Cryptodira

Chelydridae

	Chelydra Macrochelys

Chelonioidea

Cheloniidae

Carettinae	Caretta Lepidochelys

Cheloniinae	Chelonia Eretmochelys Natator

Dermochelyidae

	Dermochelys

Kinosternoidea

Dermatemydidae

	Dermatemys

Kinosternidae

Kinosterninae	Kinosternon Sternotherus

Staurotypinae	Claudius Staurotypus

Testudinoidea

Emydidae

Deirochelyinae	Chrysemys Deirochelys Graptemys Malaclemys Pseudemys Trachemys

Emydinae	Clemmys Emys Glyptemys Terrapene

Geoemydidae

Geoemydinae	Batagur Cuora Cyclemys Geoclemys Geoemyda Hardella Heosemys Leucocephalon Malayemys Mauremys Melanochelys Morenia Notochelys Orlitia Pangshura Sacalia Siebenrockiella Vijayachelys

Rhinoclemmydinae	Rhinoclemmys

Platysternidae

	Platysternon

Testudinidae

	Aldabrachelys Astrochelys Chelonoidis Chersina Cylindraspis Geochelone Gopherus Homopus Indotestudo Kinixys Malacochersus Manouria Psammobates Pyxis Stigmochelys Testudo

Trionychia

Carettochelyidae

	Carettochelys

Trionychidae

Cyclanorbinae	Cyclanorbis Cycloderma Lissemys

Trionychinae	Amyda Apalone Chitra Dogania Nilssonia Palea Pelochelys Pelodiscus Rafetus Trionyx

Pleurodira

Chelidae

Chelinae	Acanthochelys Chelus Mesoclemmys Phrynops Platemys Rhinemys

Chelodininae	Chelodina Elseya Elusor Emydura Flaviemys Myuchelys Pseudemydura Rheodytes

Hydromedusinae	Hydromedusa

Pelomedusidae

	Pelomedusa Pelusios

Podocnemididae

	Erymnochelys Peltocephalus Podocnemis

Phylogenetic arrangement based on turtles of the world 2012 update: annotated checklist. Extinct turtles not included.

Portal Book See also List of Testudines families

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