Balkan terrapin

Balkan terrapin
	Balkan terrapin in captivity
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Geoemydidae
Genus:	Mauremys
Species:	M. rivulata
Binomial name
	Mauremys rivulata; (Valenciennes, 1833)
Synonyms
	List Emys rivulata Valenciennes, 1833 ; Emys tristrami Gray, 1869 ; Emys caspica var. arabica Gray, 1870 ; Emys pannonica Gray, 1870 ; Emys tristram Gray, 1873 (ex errore) ; Emys arabica Gray, 1873 ; Clemmys caspica orientalis Bedriaga, 1881 ; Clemmys caspica var. rivulata Boulenger, 1889 ; Clemmys caspica var. obsoleta Schreiber, 1912 ; Clemmys caspica cretica Mertens, 1946 ; Mauremys caspica rivulata Młynarski, 1969 ; Mauremys rivulata Bour, 1994 ; Mauremys rivulata rivulata Maran, 1996 ; Mauremys rivulata tristrami Maran, 1996 ; Mauremys caspica cretica Bonin, Devaux & Dupré, 1996 ; Emmenia rivulata Vetter, 2006 ; Mauremys rivulata cretica Bonin, Devaux & Dupré, 2006 ;

The Balkan terrapin or western Caspian terrapin (Mauremys rivulata) is a species of terrapin in the family Geoemydidae. It is found in the eastern Mediterranean region. While technically omnivorous, the terrapins are known to prefer meat. They can grow to 25 cm in carapace length, although hatchlings are usually only 3 to 4 cm in length.

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