yellow pond turtle
mauremys mutica latin

The Yellow pond turtle (Mauremys mutica), is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae (formerly Bataguridae).

Subspecies of the Chinese box turtle and the Yellow pond turtle are native to the islands, as is the Ryukyu black-breasted leaf turtle.

The parents of this hybrid are the Chinese Pond Turtle and the Asian Yellow Pond Turtle.

It is known that rare species (in Japan) such as the Acheilognathus cyanostigma, Yellow pond turtle and the Japanese pond turtle live around the ponds.

Similarly, the turtles described as Mauremys pritchardi are farm bred and wild occurring hybrids between the Chinese pond turtle and the Yellow pond turtle.

The supposed new species "Mauremys" pritchardi was based on a hybrid of unknown origin between a male of the present species and a female yellow pond turtle (Mauremys mutica).

The Fujian pond turtle, described as Mauremys iversoni, is a farm bred hybrid, between Yellow pond turtle (usually females) and the Golden coin turtle or Cuora cyclornata (usually males).

"Fujian pond turtles" ("Mauremys" iversoni) are hybrid specimens mainly produced in Chinese turtle farms but possibly occasionally occurring in the wild as well, usually from matings between female Asian Yellow Pond Turtles and Golden coin turtle (Cuora trifasciata) males.