Geoemydidae Mauremys leprosa Testudo graeca
Mauremys rivulata (Valenciennes, 1833)
Balkan Terrapin, Stripe-necked Terrapin
M. rivulata (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult, Loutsa (Parga), Greece, June 1996
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
M. rivulata (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult, Ag. Triada (Crete), Greece
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
M. rivulata (© Jeroen Speybroeck)

Adult, Nestos delta, Keramoti, Greece, May 1, 2004
(Photo by Jeroen Speybroeck, Herpetofauna of Europe)
M. rivulata (© Lars Bergendorf)

Young, Rhodos Island, Greece, July 2004
(Photo by Lars Bergendorf, club100.net)
Distribution:
Southern Balkan (in the north from Serbia to European Turkey, also Crete) and few sites in Italy
Similar species:
Emys orbicularis (Emydidae)
Mauremys leprosa (Geoemydidae)
Trachemys scripta (Emydidae)
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