Spanish pond turtle

Spanish pond turtle
Female M. l. saharica in Morocco
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Geoemydidae
Genus:	Mauremys
Species:	M. leprosa
Binomial name
Mauremys leprosa Schweigger, 1812[2]
Synonyms[3]
List 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 & A. Müller, 2005 (ex errore)

The Iberian pond turtle (Mauremys leprosa), also known as the Mediterranean pond turtle or Mediterranean turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. The species is endemic to southwestern Europe and northwestern Africa.