Caspian turtle
Mauremys leprosa (Schweigger, 1812)
Status not recordedturtles and tortoises
The caspian turtle (Mauremys leprosa) is a species in the family Geoemydidae, order Testudines. Recorded adults weigh about 608 g and live up to 17.6 years.
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Quick facts about the caspian turtle
- Weight
- 608 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- 17.6 yearssrc for Lifespan
- Longest recorded lifespan
- 24.6 years
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- wetlandsrc for Habitat
- Egg incubation
- 93.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 8.9src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 8 yearssrc for Age at maturity
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Aquaticsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the caspian turtle live?
Not recorded
Where has it been introduced?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the caspian turtle as introduced in 1 country.
Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).
Is the caspian turtle endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the caspian turtle classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderTestudines
- familyGeoemydidae
- genusMauremys
- SpeciesMauremys leprosa (Schweigger, 1812)
Synonyms Clemmys caspica leprosa, Clemmys leprosa, Clemmys leprosa, Clemmys sigriz, Emys flavipes, Emys fraseri, Emys fraseri, Emys fulginosus, Emys fuliginosus, Emys laniaria, Emys laticeps, Emys leprosa, Emys marginata, Emys marmorea, Emys vulgaris, Mauremys laniara, Mauremys laniaria, Mauremys leprosa atlantica, Mauremys leprosa erhardi, Mauremys leprosa marokkensis, Mauremys leprosa vanderhaeghei, Mauremys leprosa vanmeerhaeghei, Mauremys leprosa wernerkaestlei, Mauremys leprosa zizi
Other names and names in other languages (29)
- Mediterranean turtleEnglish
- Mediterranian turtleEnglish
- Spanish pond turtleEnglish
- Spanish terrapinEnglish
- سلحفاة البرك الإسبانيةArabic
- Galapago leprosoAragonese
- sapuconchu lleprosuAsturian
- Tortuga de rierolCatalan
- želva maurskáCzech
- Maurisk FlodskildpaddeDanish
- Maurische BachschildkröteGerman
- Spanische WasserschildkröteGerman
- Galápago leprosoSpanish
- leväsuokilpikonnaFinnish
- émyde lépreuseFrench
- Émyde lépreuse (L')French
- spanyol víziteknősHungarian
- Testuggine Palustre MediterraneaItalian
- Testuggine palustre spagnolaItalian
- チチュウカイイシガメJapanese
- 스페인늪거북Korean
- żółw hiszpańskiPolish
- Cágado-comumPortuguese
- Cágado-mediterrânicoPortuguese
- Мавританская черепахаRussian
- Çizgili KaplumbağaTurkish
- Saharan Pond Turtleroot
- Moorse Beekschildpadroot
- 地中海石龜Chinese
Relatives of the caspian turtle
Other species in the same genus Mauremys.
Caspian turtle
Mauremys caspica
Annam leaf turtle
Mauremys annamensis
Yellowpond turtle
Mauremys mutica
Japanese pond turtle
Mauremys japonica
Balkan terrapin
Mauremys rivulata
CompareCaspian turtle vs Caspian turtleCaspian turtle vs Annam leaf turtleCaspian turtle vs Yellowpond turtleCaspian turtle vs Mauremys reevesii
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the caspian turtle?
An adult caspian turtle weighs 608 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
How long does the caspian turtle live?
The caspian turtle has a recorded lifespan of 17.6 years.
Is the caspian turtle an invasive species?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the caspian turtle as introduced in 1 country: Colombia, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.
What kind of animal is the caspian turtle?
The caspian turtle (Mauremys leprosa) belongs to the family Geoemydidae in the order Testudines.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS) · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-11-13
Pagad, S., Genovesi, P., Carnevali, L., Schigel, D. & McGeoch, M.A. (2018) Introducing the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species. Scientific Data 5: 170202. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.202. Country checklists published through GBIF by the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4
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