Mauremys mutica kami

Basic information
Scientific name	Mauremys mutica kami	Click to magnify
Common names	Asian brown pond turtle
Higher taxon	Geoemydidae, Testudines, Reptilia
Natural range	Ishigakijima, Iriomotejima, and Yonagunijima (Sakishima Islands).
Habitat	Pond, swamp, small slow stream. Artificial freshwater environment such as rice field or agricultural drain.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Okinawa Islands (Okinawajima, Sesokojima, Akajima, Kumejima) and Sakishima Islands (Miyakojima, Kurimajima, Haterumajima). This species (subspecies unknown) is also established in Chiba Pref. (Inbanuma Pond), Akusekijima (Tokara Islands), Kitadaitojima (Daito Islands), and Kerama Islands (Zamamijima and Tonakijima Is.).
Origin	Sakishima Islands.
Date	1980s or later.
Route	Deliberate: Release or escape of pet animals.
Impact	Hybridization, competition, and predation. Native organism(s) affected: Native geoemydid turtles such as Mauremys japonica. Hybridization often occur between different species or genera of geoemydid turtles. There is an evidence of hybridization between this subspecies and M. japonica
Regulation in Japan	Mauremys mutica is listed in CITES Appendix II.
Introduced range in other countries	None.

Reference

Notes

Ecol Soc Jpn (ed) (2002) Handbook of Alien Species in Japan. Chijinshokan, Tokyo (in Jpn)
Maenosono & Toda (2007) Distribution of amphibians and terrestrial reptiles in the Ryukyu Archipelago: A review of published records. Akamata. 18, 28-46 (in Jpn)
Ota et al. (2004) Feral population of amphibians and reptiles in the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Global Environmental Research. 8(2):133-143
Ota et al. (2004) Additional information on the introduced reptiles of Haterumajima Island of the Yaeyama Group, Ryukyu Archipelago, with comments on the past records of reptiles from this island. Bull Herpetolo Soc Jpn. 2004(2), 128-137 (in Jpn)
Sengoku et al. (eds) (1996) The Encyclopedia of Animals in Japan 5 Amphibians, Reptiles, Chondrichthyes. Heibonsha, Tokyo (in Jpn)