New records of the Chinese turtles Mauremys reevesii (Gray, 1831) and Mauremys sinensis (Gray, 1834) (Testudines, Geoemydidae) in southern Spain

  1. Juan Pablo González de la Vega
  2. Juan García-de-Lomas
  3. José Luis Rodríguez-Andrés
Revista:
Graellsia: revista de zoología

ISSN: 1989-953X

Any de publicació: 2021

Volum: 77

Número: 2

Pàgines: 25-26

Tipus: Article

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Resum

The trade of freshwater turtles as pets and their eventual release or escape has led to new naturalized alien species that eventually form invasive populations in aquatic ecosystems. The import of alien Mauremysspp. species implies a new threat to the conservation of aquatic ecosystems, due to their ability to hybridise with the native species Mauremys leprosa. In this work, 16 new records of naturalised specimens of the Asian turtles Mauremys reevesii and Mauremys sinensis in Andalusia (southern Spain) are documented. Most of them (13)were found in artificial aquatic environments associated with urban areas, although the rest were found inprotected natural areas sharing the habitat with natural populations of M. leprosa. These new records recreatethe pattern of sale-release-naturalization-invasion that has already occurred with other alien turtle species. Thenumber of alien Mauremys specimens imported into Spain (more than 100,000 since 2006) suggests that thecurrent number of naturalised specimens could be much higher than reported in publications

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