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BALKAN POND TURTLE (Mauremys caspica subspecies M. c .rivulata ) Almyropotamos River, Polichnitos, Lesvos Island, Greece
The Balkan Pond Turtle
(Mauremys caspica rivulata) or Western
Caspian Turtle is of the family Geoemydidae which is in the genus Mauremys.
It is native to Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon,
Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Syria and Turkey. This taxon is widely
treated as a subspecies of Caspian Turtle (Mauremys caspica) but has
most recently been considered a full species by some authorities.
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