Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Emys orbicularis hellenica (Valenciennes, 1832)

The European Pond Terrapin was first reported on Lefkada by De Betta (1868: 892). Lehrs (1912: 449) found it “at several places”. Fritz (1992: 75) examined two old museum specimens. Unexpectedly, recent records are missing both in literature and on the web. We observed at least 15 basking individuals along a stretch of the Maranthochori lake shore (17/5/2019; Fig. 2C) and two individuals in a small channel north of Vasiliki (25/5/2019).