Spanish pond turtle

Spanish pond turtle
	Female M. l. saharica in Morocco
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
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
Synonyms
	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.

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