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Mediterranean turtle

Mauremys leprosa

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/15846... I was lucky to have a curious one come so close to me

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11 Comments

SaraPaige626
SaraPaige626 10 years ago

That is so cool!!

mendes.madalena
mendes.madalena 10 years ago

thanks Sarah! :D

SarahWhitt
SarahWhitt 10 years ago

Awesome spotting!!!! :)

mendes.madalena
mendes.madalena 10 years ago

thanks mauna kunzah :) i was

mauna Kunzah
mauna Kunzah 10 years ago

Wonderful spotting! You're lucky.

mendes.madalena
mendes.madalena 10 years ago

only a curious one approached i was so lucky!

PedroNicolau
PedroNicolau 10 years ago

How lucky!... I tried so hard to get close to them but couldn't.

mendes.madalena
mendes.madalena 10 years ago

thanks António :)

Great spotting M.Madalena,great to see so many of them,congrats and thanks for sharing

mendes.madalena
mendes.madalena 10 years ago

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

FaredinAliyevski
FaredinAliyevski 10 years ago

Wow there are so many!

mendes.madalena
Spotted by
mendes.madalena

Algarve, Portugal

Spotted on Aug 26, 2013
Submitted on Sep 3, 2013

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