Spanish pond turtle

{{Short description|Species of turtle}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = Saharan pond turtle (Mauremys leprosa saharica) female.jpg

| image_caption = Female M. l. saharica in Morocco

| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{Cite iucn |title=Mauremys leprosa |author=van Dijk, P.P., Mateo Miras, J.A., Cheylan, M., Joger, U., Sá-Sousa, P. & Pérez-Mellado, V. |name-list-style=amp |page=e.T158468A5199555 |date=2004 |access-date=5 March 2021}}

| genus = Mauremys

| species = leprosa

| authority = Schweigger, 1812{{Harnvb|Rhodin|2010|pp=000.111-000.112}}

| synonyms = {{Collapsible list

|Emys leprosa
{{small|Schweigger, 1812}}

|Emys lutescens
{{small|Schweigger, 1812}}

|Emys marmorea
{{small|Spix, 1824}}

|Clemmys sigriz
{{small|Michahelles, 1829}}

|Emys vulgaris
{{small|Gray, 1831}}

|Emys sigritzii
{{small|Gray, 1831}} (ex errore)

|Terrapene sigriz
{{small|— Bonaparte, 1832}}

|Emys sigriz
{{small|— A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835}}

|Clemmys (Clemmys) leprosa
{{small|— Fitzinger, 1835}}

|Clemmys (Clemmys) lutescens
{{small|— Fitzinger, 1835}}

|Emys laticeps
{{small|Gray, 1854}}

|Emys fuliginosus
{{small|Gray, 1860}}

|Clemmys fuliginosa
{{small|— Strauch, 1862}}

|Clemmys laticeps
{{small|— Strauch, 1862}}

|Clemmys marmorea
{{small|— Strauch, 1862}}

|Emys flavipes
{{small|Gray, 1869}}

|Emys fraseri
{{small|Gray, 1869}}

|Mauremys fuliginosa
{{small|— Gray, 1869}}

|Mauremys laniaria
{{small|Gray, 1869}}

|Emys laniaria
{{small|— Gray, 1870}}

|Eryma laticeps
{{small|— Gray, 1870}}

|Emys lamaria
{{small|Gray, 1873}} (ex errore)

|Emys caspica var. leprosa
{{small|— Boettger, 1874}}

|Clemmys caspica sigriz
{{small|— Bedriaga, 1882}}

|Clemmys caspica leprosa
{{small|— Bedriaga, 1890}}

|Mauremys caspica leprosa
{{small|— Młynarski, 1969}}

|Mauremys leprosa
{{small|— Bour, 1978}}

|Mauremys leprosa atlantica
{{small|Schleich, 1996}}

|Mauremys leprosa erhardi
{{small|Schleich, 1996}}

|Mauremys leprosa marokkensis
{{small|Schleich, 1996}}

|Mauremys leprosa wernerkaestlei
{{small|Schleich, 1996}}

|Mauremys leprosa leprosa
{{small|— McCord, 1997}}

|Mauremys leprosa erhardii
{{small|— Fritz, Barata, Busack, Fritzsch & Castilho, 2006}} (ex errore)

; Mauremys leprosa saharica

|Emys fraseri
{{small|Gray, 1869}}
(partim, nomen dubium)

|Mauremys leprosa saharica
{{small|Schleich, 1996}}

|Mauremys leprosa zizi
{{small|Schleich, 1996}}

|Mauremys leprosa vanmeerhaeghei
{{small|Bour & Maran, 1999}}

|Mauremys leprosa vanmerhaeghei
{{small|Bour & Maran, 1999}} (ex errore)

|Mauremys leprosa vanmeerhaghei
{{small|Fritz, Fritzsch, Lehr, Ducotterd &
A. Müller, 2005}} (ex errore)

}}

| synonyms_ref = {{Cite journal|journal=Vertebrate Zoology|title=Checklist of Chelonians of the World|year=2007|author=Fritz, Uwe|author2=Havaš, Peter|volume=57|issue=2|pages=230–231|doi=10.3897/vz.57.e30895 |s2cid=87809001 |issn=1864-5755|doi-access=free }}

| range_map = Mauremys leprosa range Map.png

}}

The Iberian pond turtle (Mauremys leprosa), also known as the Mediterranean pond turtle or Mediterranean turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. The species is endemic to southwestern Europe and northwestern Africa.