Mauremys

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title: "Mauremys" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mauremys", "turtle-genera", "taxa-named-by-john-edward-gray", "taxonomy-articles-created-by-polbot"] description: "Genus of turtles" topic_path: "general/mauremys" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauremys" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of turtles ::

| image = Mauremys_leprosa_4.jpg | image_caption = Mauremys leprosa, adult female from Spain | taxon = Mauremys | authority = Gray, 1869 | synonyms = Mauremys Gray 1869:500

Ocadia Gray 1870:35

Emmenia Gray 1870:38

Eryma Gray 1870:44 (junior homonym)

Cathaiemys Lindholm 1931:29

Pseudocadia Lindholm 1931:30

Chinemys Smith 1931:xxvii

Annamemys Bourret 1939b:15 | synonyms_ref =

Mauremys is a genus of turtles in the family Geoemydidae (formerly called Bataguridae).

Species include:

• Japanese pond turtle, M. japonica
• Yellow pond turtle, M. mutica
  • M. mutica mutica
  • M. mutica kami
• Vietnamese pond turtle or Annam leaf turtle, M. annamensis - formerly separated in Annamemys
• Caspian turtle or striped-neck terrapin, M. caspica
  • M. caspica caspica
  • M. caspica siebenrocki
  • M. caspica vetrimaculata
• Balkan pond turtle or Balkan terrapin, M. rivulata - formerly included in M. caspica
• Spanish pond turtle, M. leprosa - formerly included in M. caspica
  • M. leprosa leprosa
  • M. leprosa saharica
• Chinese broad-headed pond turtle, M. megalocephala
• Red-necked pond turtle, M. nigricans
• Chinese pond turtle, M. reevesii
• Chinese stripe-necked turtle, M. sinensis

The Fujian pond turtle, described as Mauremys iversoni, is a farm-bred hybrid, between yellow pond turtles (usually females) and the golden coin turtle or Cuora cyclornata (usually males). Similarly, the turtles described as Mauremys pritchardi are farm-bred and wild-occurring hybrids between the Chinese pond turtle and the yellow pond turtle. While it is not unusual for valid species of geoemydid turtles to arise from hybrids, this is yet to be discussed with M. pritchardi; M. iversoni is probably not, since they only seem to be produced in farms and most males are sterile.

References

• (2001): New Chinese turtles: endangered or invalid? A reassessment of two species using mitochondrial DNA, allozyme electrophoresis and known-locality specimens. Animal Conservation 4(4): 357–367. HTML abstract Erratum: Animal Conservation 5(1): 86 HTML abstract --

References

1. Gray, John Edward. 1869. Description of Mauremys laniaria, a new freshwater tortoise. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869:499–500.
2. Gray, John Edward. 1870. Supplement to the Catalogue of Shield Reptiles in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Testudinata (Tortoises). London: British Museum, 120 pp.
3. Lindholm, Wassili A. 1931. Über eine angebliche Testudo-Art aus Südchina. Zoologischer Anzeiger 97:27–30.
4. Smith, Malcolm A. 1931. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. I. Loricata, Testudines. London: Taylor and Francis, 185 pp.
5. Bourret, René. 1939. Notes herpétologiques sur l’Indochine française. XVI. Tortues de la collection du Laboratoire des Sciences Naturelles de l’Université. Description d’une espèce nouvelle. Annexe au Bulletin Générale de l’Instruction Publique 1939(6):1–34.
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