- Conservation Status
- Least Concern
- Location
- Kuni Sheikh Omar spring at Berisa village, Safeen Mountain. Governorate: Erbil
- Nearest City
- Erbil
- Coordinates
- 37.033478, 44.363825
The occurrence of this species in Iraq remains uncertain. It has been reported in several publications from the Kurdistan Region, particularly Erbil Governorate; however, these records lack photographic evidence or specimens deposited in scientific collections. The species inhabits a variety of aquatic habitats, including wetlands, lakes, ponds, pools, and streams. Females lay individual eggs, which they fold into submerged leaves or attach to plant roots.
Project contributors: Soran H. Ahmed and Soma I. Majeed.
Photo Credit: Humam Ghanim / iNaturalist / CC BY-NC (licence version and permission to verify)