Mauremys caspica (Gmelin, 1774) Fig. 5 A Material examined. Tarout Island, 6 September 2024, irrigation canal. Juvenile specimens were captured and released. Remarks. The Caspian Turtle seems to be common in the irrigation canals in Tarout Island. It was previously recorded from Dharan (Haas 1957), Hufof, Al Qatif, and Al Uqayr (Gasperetti et al. 1993). Aloufi (2009) studied the distribution of the Caspian Turtle in eastern Saudi Arabia. He stated that this species was very common and widespread in the Al Hassa region and extends from the northern to the southern and eastern irrigation canals. Its presence in Tarout Island represents introduction by the locals.

Published as part of Aloufi, Abdulhadi, Al Zayer, Mohammed, Abu Baker, Mohammad A. & Amr, Zuhair S., 2025, Reptiles and amphibians of the Saudi islands in the Arabian Gulf, pp. 379-391 in Herpetozoa 38 on pages 379-391, DOI: 10.3897/herpetozoa.38.e172180