Balkan pond turtle

Balkan pond turtle
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Order:	Testudines
Family:	Geoemydidae
Genus:	Mauremys
Species:	M. rivulata
Binomial name
Mauremys rivulata (Valenciennes, 1833)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Emys rivulata Valenciennes, 1833 Emys tristrami Gray, 1869 Emys caspica var. arabica Gray, 1870 Emys pannonica Gray, 1870 Emys tristram Gray, 1873 (ex errore) Emys arabica Gray, 1873 Clemmys caspica orientalis Bedriaga, 1881 Clemmys caspica var. rivulata Boulenger, 1889 Clemmys caspica var. obsoleta Schreiber, 1912 Clemmys caspica cretica Mertens, 1946 Mauremys caspica rivulata Młynarski, 1969 Mauremys rivulata Bour, 1994 Mauremys rivulata rivulata Maran, 1996 Mauremys rivulata tristrami Maran, 1996 Mauremys caspica cretica Bonin, Devaux & Dupré, 1996 Emmenia rivulata Vetter, 2006 Mauremys rivulata cretica Bonin, Devaux & Dupré, 2006

The Balkan pond turtle or western Caspian turtle (Mauremys rivulata)^[1] is a species of turtles in the family Geoemydidae.^[1]

References

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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 (PDF) from the original on 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2010-12-15. 

External links

• Mauremys rivulata The Reptile Database

Turtle family Geoemydidae
Genus	Species of the family Geoemydidae
Batagur	Burmese roofed turtle Northern river terrapin Painted terrapin Red-crowned roofed turtle Southern river terrapin Three-striped roofed turtle
Cuora	Amboina box turtle Bourret's box turtle Indochinese box turtle McCord's box turtle Keeled box turtle Pan's box turtle Southern Vietnamese box turtle Chinese three-striped box turtle Yellow-headed box turtle Yellow-margined box turtle Yunnan box turtle Zhou's box turtle
Cyclemys	Asian leaf turtle Assam leaf turtle Eastern black-bridged leaf turtle Enigmatic leaf turtle Myanmar brown leaf turtle Oldham's leaf turtle Western black-bridged leaf turtle
Geoclemys	Black pond turtle
Geoemyda	Black-breasted leaf turtle Ryukyu black-breasted leaf turtle
Hardella	Brahminy river turtle
Heosemys	Arakan forest turtle Giant Asian pond turtle Spiny turtle Yellow-headed temple turtle
Leucocephalon	Sulawesi forest turtle
Malayemys	Malayan snail-eating turtle Mekong snail-eating turtle
Mauremys	Balkan pond turtle Caspian turtle Chinese pond turtle Chinese stripe-necked turtle Japanese pond turtle Red-necked pond turtle Spanish pond turtle Vietnamese pond turtle Yellow pond turtle
Melanochelys	Indian black turtle Tricarinate hill turtle
Morenia	Burmese eyed turtle Indian eyed turtle
Notochelys	Malayan flat-shelled turtle
Orlitia	Malaysian giant turtle
Pangshura	Assam roofed turtle Brown roofed turtle Indian roofed turtle Indian tent turtle
Rhinoclemmys	Black river turtle Brown wood turtle Colombian wood turtle Furrowed wood turtle Large-nosed wood turtle Maracaibo wood turtle Mexican spotted wood turtle Painted wood turtle Spot-legged turtle
Sacalia	Beal's eyed turtle Four-eyed turtle
Siebenrockiella	Black marsh turtle Philippine forest turtle
Vijayachelys	Cane turtle
Phylogenetic arrangement based on turtles of the world 2011 update: annotated checklist.