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Species
Western Caspian Turtle
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Mauremys
- Image
- Western Caspian turtle (Mauremys rivulata), El-Al river.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- taxon name
- Mauremys caspica
- Commons category
- Mauremys caspica
- diel cycle
- diurnality
- short name
- M. caspica
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Encyclopedic overview
The Caspian turtle (Mauremys caspica), also known as the striped-neck terrapin, is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae (=Bataguridae). It is found in west Asia, in Iran and central Turkey, northward to the Republic of Georgia, Azerbaijan, Russia (Dagestan), eastward to southwestern Turkmenistan, and in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain.
Description
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