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Mediterranean turtle

Mauremys leprosa

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Field Notes

Description:

20 cm or more. greenish shell. there were so many!

Habitat:

lagoa dos Salgados

Notes:

"Cágado-mediterrânico" classified as Vulnerable in the IUCN red list http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/158468/1
I was lucky to have a curious one come so close to me

Reference Links:

Mauremys leprosa - Ecologia, Taxonomia, Morfologia, Distribuição - Naturdata…

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Comments (11)
PedroNicolau
How lucky!... I tried so hard to get close to them but couldn't.
AntónioGinjaGinja
Great spotting M.Madalena,great to see so many of them,congrats and thanks for sharing
mendes.madalena
yes there were loads of little heads peeking out of the water! it's great since this species is vulnerable :) seemed like a stable population to me

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Reptiles of the World
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Portugal's Biodiversity
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Lagoa dos Salgados Biodiversity

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PublishedSeptember 3, 2013

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