EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Mauremys japonica
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Geoemydidae ()
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Mauremys (Stripe-necked Turtles)
species..............Mauremys japonica (Japanese Pond Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Temminck and Schlegel 1835 : 139
- Syntypes
- (9 specimens) RMNH 3330; RMNH 3331; RMNH 3332; RMNH 3333; RMNH 3334 (8 total specimens); MNHN 1954
- Type Locality
- Japan
- Original name
- Emys vulgaris japonica
- Common Name
- Japanese Pond Turtle
- Distribution
- Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, Japan
- Comments
- Reviewed by Stejneger (1907; as Clemmys japonica).
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