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Mauremys leprosa
20 cm or more. greenish shell. there were so many!
lagoa dos Salgados
"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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That is so cool!!
thanks Sarah! :D
Awesome spotting!!!! :)
thanks mauna kunzah :) i was
Wonderful spotting! You're lucky.
only a curious one approached i was so lucky!
How lucky!... I tried so hard to get close to them but couldn't.
thanks António :)
Great spotting M.Madalena,great to see so many of them,congrats and thanks for sharing
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
Wow there are so many!