Mauremys sinensis (Gray, 1834)

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P., 2023, Singapore’s herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution, Zootaxa 5287 (1), pp. 1-378 : 247-248

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5287.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7968148
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scientific name	Mauremys sinensis (Gray, 1834)
status

Treatment

Mauremys sinensis (Gray, 1834) — Non-native; Introduced.

Chinese Stripe-necked Turtle

Singapore records.

Ocadia sinensis —Ramsay et al., 2007: 165.—P.K.A. Ng, 2009: 53, 64, 143, 160, 203.

Mauremys sinensis —T.H. Ng & K.K. Lim, 2010: 123 (Bedok Reservoir; MacRitchie Reservoir).—D.C.J. Yeo & C.S.W. Chia, 2010: 35.—N. Baker, 2015a: 25 (Bedok Reservoir; MacRitchie Reservoir; Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve; Upper Seletar Reservoir).—Trageser, 2015: 148 (Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve).—Wijedasa, 2015: 180.

Remarks. Mauremys sinensis is native to southern China, Hainan, Taiwan, and Vietnam (TTWG 2021). Between the 1900s and 2000s, M. sinensis was imported into Singapore as pets (Ng & Lim 2010). Since then, individuals of M. sinensis have been observed in numerous localities, including ECP, MR, SBG (Ng 2009; Wijedasa 2015), BR, MR, USR (Ng & Lim 2010), and SBWR ( Baker 2015a; Trageser 2015).

LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. Upper Seletar Reservoir : ZRC.2.6674 (12-Dec-2007) .

Additional Singapore museum specimens. No specimens.