Spanish pond turtle

Spanish pond turtle
Spanish pond turtle (Mauremys leprosa)
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

Distribution

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 Rhodin 2010, pp. 000.111-000.112
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

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