Balkan pond turtle

Balkan pond turtle

Balkan terrapin, Western caspian terrapin

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Mauremys rivulata

The Balkan terrapin or western Caspian terrapin (Mauremys rivulata ) is a species of terrapin in the family Geoemydidae. It is found in the Balkan Peninsula (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Greece), a number of Mediterranean islands including Crete, Lesvos and Cyprus, and in the Middle East (Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey).

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References

1. Balkan pond turtle Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkan_pond_turtle
2. Balkan pond turtle on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/158470/5200041

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