Spanish pond turtle

Spanish pond turtle
Spanish pond turtle (Mauremys leprosa)
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
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 or Mediterranean pond turtle (Mauremys leprosa) is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae.

Juvenile

Subspecies

• M. leprosa leprosa (Schweigger, 1812)^[1] - Iberian Pond Turtle
• M. leprosa saharica Schleich, 1996^[1] – Saharan Pond Turtle

Distribution

M.l. leprosa is widespread and common within southern Spain and Portugal ( locally in the north of both), and extends along the Mediterranean coast of SW France. It has been introduced into Italy.^[3] It is also present throughout northern Morocco to the middle Atlas mountains, and the NW slope of the high Atlas near Marrakech to Agadir. It s present from northern Algeria to central Tunisia and NW Libya.

M. l. saharica can be found at Oued Noun, Oued Ziz and Oued Draa within the Anti-Atlas Mountains of Morocco, Local populations have also been reported from southern Algeria, south-western Libya and northern Niger.

References

Bibliography

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

External links

• Mauremys leprosa, The Reptile Database