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Original
Description |
Cantor 1842 : 482 |
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Type
Locality |
"Chusan" [= Zhoushan Island, Zhejiang Province, China (PRC)]; not "Canton" as reported by most authors (clarified by Iverson and McCord, 1989:23) |
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Holotype |
BMNH 1947.3.5.34 |
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Original name |
Emys muticus |
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Common
name |
Yellow Pond Turtle |
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Distribution |
Southern China (PRC), including Taiwan and Hainan Islands, the western Ryukyu Islands and northern Indochina; introduced into Japan (Nakamura, 1934; Sengoku, 1979) |
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Comments |
Reviewed by Smith (1931; as Clemmys mutica), Pope (1935; as Clemmys mutica), Bourret (1941; as Clemmys mutica), and Iverson and McCord (1989). See Comments under Annamemys annamensis and Chinemys nigricans. |
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