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Mauremys rivulata (*)

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis: Sarcopterygii
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Archelosauria
Division: Pan-Testudines
Division: Testudinata
Ordo: Testudines
Subordo: Cryptodira
Superfamilia: Testudinoidea

Familia: Geoemydidae
Subfamilia: Geoemydinae
Genus: Mauremys
Species: Mauremys rivulata
Name

Mauremys rivulata (Valenciennes, 1833)
Mentions

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

Vernacular names
čeština: Želva tmavobřichá
Deutsch: Westkaspische Schildkröte, Balkan-Bachschildkröte, Eurasische Bachschildkröte, Ostmediterrane Bachschildkröte

Ελληνικά : Ποταμοχελώνα, Γραμμωτόλαιμη Νεροχελώνα

English: Balkan pond turtle, western Caspian turtle
hrvatski: Riječna kornjača
Nederlands: Balkanbeekschildpad
中文: 希臘石龜

The Balkan terrapin or western Caspian terrapin (Mauremys rivulata)[1] is a species of terrapin in the family Geoemydidae.[1] 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).[3]
References
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Rhodin et al. 2010, p. 000.112
Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. At the request of the CITES Nomenclature Committee and the German Agency for Nature Conservation and funded by the Museum für Tierkunde Dresden and the German Federal Ministry of Environment. 57 (2): 149–368. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 17, 2010. Retrieved March 27, 2011.

Mauremys rivulata at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 9 March 2019.

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.

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