Mauremys japonica
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 Japanese Pond Turtle (Mauremys japonica)
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| Mauremys japonica (Temminck & Schlegel in Siebold, 1835) |
Mauremys japonica is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae (=Bataguridae). It is endemic to Japan. Its population has decreased somewhat due to habitat loss, but it is not yet considered a threatened species.
This species is known to hybridize with the Chinese Pond Turtle, the Chinese Stripe-necked Turtle and the Chinese box turtle (and possibly other Geoemydidae) in captivity. As these three species are much rarer and strongly declining in the wild, this should be avoided.[1]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Buskirk et al. (2005)
[edit] References
- Asian Turtle Trade Working Group (2000). Mauremys japonica. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 29 July 2007.
- Buskirk, James R.; Parham, James F. & Feldman, Chris R. (2005): On the hybridisation between two distantly related Asian turtles (Testudines: Sacalia × Mauremys). Salamandra 41: 21-26. PDF fulltext
