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Asian yellow pond turtle

Amazing fact

The Asian yellow pond turtle has a noticeable yellow stripe behind its eye.

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Asian yellow pond turtle in its habitat (illustration)

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The Asian yellow pond turtle has a noticeable yellow stripe behind its eye.

Source国立環境研究所 — ミナミイシガメ

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THE REAL WORLD

The real Asian yellow pond turtle

Scientific name
Mauremys mutica mutica
Japanese name
タイリクミナミイシガメ
Group
Amphibians and reptiles
Class
Reptilia
Order
Testudines
Family
Geoemydidae
Genus
Mauremys
Facts about the real animal.

This is a subspecies of the Asian yellow pond turtle, Mauremys mutica.

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Its original home is southern China, Taiwan and northern Vietnam.

鳥羽水族館 — タイリクミナミイシガメ
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It has also been brought into Japan, where it now lives in the wild.

鳥羽水族館 — タイリクミナミイシガメ

How the Asian yellow pond turtle lives

This turtle has a strong tendency to be active at night. It eats fish and insects, as well as aquatic plants and the leaves and fruits of land plants. During the day, it often hides in mud on the bottom or in holes. The female digs a hole in the ground to lay her eggs.

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Basic data

Range
Southern China, Taiwan, and northern Vietnam
鳥羽水族館

Where the Asian yellow pond turtle has been recorded

World map with dots where the Asian yellow pond turtle has been recorded
Each dot marks a place with observations or specimens shared on GBIF. Some records are of animals that strayed or were brought by people, so the dots are not always where the animal lives.

Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF

Where it livesAsiaRivers and wetlands

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Names around the world

Tiếng Việt
Rùa câm

Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.

Sources and how we check

We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.

The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.

The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.

This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.

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