Ocadia sinensis

Basic information
Scientific name	Ocadia sinensis	(No picture)
Major synonym	Mauremys sinensis
Common names	Chinese stripe-necked turtle
Higher taxon	Geoemydidae, Testudines, Reptilia
Natural range	Taiwan, S Continental China, N Veitnam.
Habitat	Lowland freshwater. River, Pond, etc.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Not established in Japan.
Origin	Unintroduced to Japan.
Date
Route	Deliberate (Imported to Japan as pet animal.)
Impact	Competition and hybridization with native turtles. Native organism(s) affected: Freshwater turtles
Regulation in Japan	Invasive alien species (Invasive Species Act)
Introduced range in other countries	None.

Reference	Notes
DECO (ed) (2006) Dictionary of Alien Species. Tokyo-Shoseki. (in Jpn) JWRC (ed) (2008) A Photographic Guide to the Invasive Alien Species in Japan. Heibonsha. (in Jpn) Yasukawa (2005) Alien freshwater turtles which may become established in Japan in the near future. Bull. Herpetol. Soc. Jpn. 2005(2):155-163 (in Jpn) etc.	The following are listed as invasive alien species Mauremys sinensis, M.sinensis×Mauremys japonica, M.sinensis×Mauremys mutica, M.sinensis×Mauremys reevesii