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    Species Accepted

    Mauremys sinensis (Gray, 1834)

    Chinese Stripe-necked Turtle
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Mauremys
    IUCNCritically Endangered

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 2 countries or islands

      2 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      Micronesia, Federated States ofNoUnknown
      PolandNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      30 results
      Chinese Streepschildpad Dutch
      Chinese Stripe-necked Turtle English
      Chinese Striped-necked Turtle English
      Chinese streepnekschildpad Dutch
      Chinesische Streifenschildkröte German
      Common thread turtle English
      Kininis juostakaklis vėžlys Lithuanian
      Stribehalset Sumpskildpadde Danish
      Testuggine cinese dal collo striato Italian
      Tortuga china de cuello rayado Spanish

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
      3 results
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      68 results
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      Ernst,C.H. and Barbour,R.W. (1989). Turtles of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. - London.
      Parham, James Ford ; W. Brian Simison; Kenneth H. Kozak; Chris R. Feldman and Haitao Shi. (2001). New Chinese turtles: endangered or invalid? A reassessment of two species using mitochondrial DNA, allozyme electrophoresis and known-locality specimens. Animal Conservation 4: 357–367 [Erratum in Animal Conservation 5:86].
      Buskirk, James R. (1989). New locality records for Chinese non-marine chelonians [Chinemys reevesii nigricans, Cistoclemmys flavomarginata, Cuora galbinifrons hainanensis pani, Mauremys mutica, Clemmys Oscadia sinensis, Sacalia bealei quadriocellata, Platysternon megacephalum, Testudo horsfieldii, Manouria impressa, trionyx]. Chinese Herpetological Research 2 (2): 65-68.
      Ayres, C., & Dominguez-Costas, M. (2025). Chinese Striped-necked Turtles, Mauremys sinensis (Gray 1834), in Galicia, northwestern Spain. Reptiles & Amphibians, 32(1), E22657-E22657.
      HU, Qiping; HUANG Chengxin, XU Shuru, ZHANG Qiuming, MA Ning, ZHONG Hanming. (2013). Primary Phylogenies of Mauremys guangxiensis and Mauremys iversoni Inferred from DNA Sequences of Mitochondrial ND4 Gene and Nuclear c-mos Gene. Sichuan Journal of Zoology 32 (2): 180-186.
      Rato J, Silva M, Catarrinho T, Filipe R, Matthys S, Brandão P, Anastácio P, & Banha F. (2026). Six new non-native turtles in Portugal: A growing threat apart from the Red-Eared slider and Chinese stripe-necked turtle. Herpetozoa 39: 1-5.
      TTWG; Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., Bour, R., Fritz, U., Georges, A., Shaffer, H.B., and van Dijk, P.P. (2021). Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (9th Ed.). In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., van Dijk, P.P., Stanford, C.B., Goode, E.V., Buhlmann, K.A., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs 8:1–472. Doi:10.3854/Crm.8.Checklist.Atlas.V9.2021.
      Jablonski, D., & Daniel Gruľa, J. C. (2018). First record of Mauremys sinensis (Gray, 1834) and its natural overwintering in Central Europe. Herpetology Notes 11: 949-951.
      Schilde, M. (2004). Asiatische Sumpfschildkröten - Die Familie Geoemydidae in Südostasien, China und Japan. Natur Und Tier Verlag (Münster), 192 Pp.

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