Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sindaco, Roberto & Rossi, Roberta, 2020, Annotated checklist of the herpetofauna (Amphibia, Reptilia) of Lefkada Island (Ionian Islands, Greece), Natural History Sciences 7 (2), pp. 57-68 : 60

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).

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Fig. 2 - Herpetofauna observed by the authors on Lefkada. / Erpetofauna osservata dagli autori a Lefkada. A) Bufo bufo tadpoles. B) Pelophylax kurtmuelleri. C) Emys orbicularis. D) Mauremys rivulata. E) Hemidactylus turcicus. F) Pseudopus apodus. G) Algyroides nigropunctatus. H) Lacerta trilineata.