Caspian turtle

Caspian turtle
Western Caspian turtle
Conservation status
Not applicable (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Geoemydidae
Genus:	Mauremys
Species:	M. caspica
Binomial name
Mauremys caspica (Gmelin, 1774)
Synonyms[2]
Mauremys caspica caspica Testudo caspica Gmelin, 1774 Emys caspica — Schweigger, 1812 Clemmys caspica — Wagler, 1830 Emys caspia Rüppell, 1831 (ex errore) Testudo caspia — Gray, 1831 Terrapene caspica — Bonaparte, 1832 Clemmys [caspica] caspica — Siebenrock, 1909 Mauremys caspica — McDowell, 1964 Mauremys caspica caspica — Pritchard, 1966 Mauremys caspica siebenrocki Emys grayi Günther, 1869 Emmenia grayi — Gray, 1870 Mauremys caspica siebenrocki Wischuf, 1996 (nomen nudum) Mauremys caspica siebenrocki Wischuf & Fritz, 1997 Mauremys caspica siebenrockii Bour, 2002 (ex errore) Mauremys caspica ventrimaculata Mauremys caspica ventrimaculata Wischuf & Fritz, 1996 Mauremys caspica schiras Wischuf, 1996 (nomen nudum) Mauremys caspica ventriculata Obst, 2003 (ex errore)

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.