Caspian turtle

Caspian turtle
	Western Caspian turtle
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Geoemydidae
Genus:	Mauremys
Species:	M. caspica
Binomial name
	Mauremys caspica; (Gmelin, 1774)
Synonyms
	Mauremys caspica caspica Testudo caspica Gmelin, 1774; Emys caspica ; — Schweigger, 1812; Clemmys caspica ; — Wagler, 1830; Emys caspia Rüppell, 1831 ; (ex errore); Testudo caspia — Gray, 1831; Terrapene caspica ; — Bonaparte, 1832; Clemmys [caspica] caspica ; — Siebenrock, 1909; Mauremys caspica ; — McDowell, 1964; Mauremys caspica caspica ; — Pritchard, 1966; Mauremys caspica siebenrocki Emys grayi Günther, 1869; Emmenia grayi — Gray, 1870; Mauremys caspica siebenrocki Wischuf, 1996 (nomen nudum); Mauremys caspica siebenrocki Wischuf & Fritz, 1997; Mauremys caspica siebenrockii Bour, 2002 ; (ex errore); Mauremys caspica ventrimaculata Mauremys caspica ventrimaculata ; Wischuf & Fritz, 1996; Mauremys caspica schiras Wischuf, 1996 (nomen nudum); Mauremys caspica ventriculata Obst, 2003 ; (ex errore);

The Caspian turtle (Mauremys caspica), also known as the striped-neck terrapin, is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae (=Bataguridae). It is found in west Asia, in Iran and central Turkey, northward to the Republic of Georgia, Azerbaijan, Russia (Dagestan), eastward to southwestern Turkmenistan, and in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain.