Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Red-necked pond turtle (Mauremys nigricans), recorded as Endangered
Red-necked pond turtle (Mauremys nigricans). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Red-necked pond turtle

Mauremys nigricans

The red-necked pond turtle is a turtles in the family Geoemydidae endemic to China.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Mauremys nigricans
CITES
Appendix II
Taxonomy
Testudines · Geoemydidae · Mauremys

The turtle

This named form is a turtle. The public files give taxonomy, a photograph, and a threat category — not a monograph.

Range and habitat

The red-necked pond turtle is a turtles in the family Geoemydidae endemic to China. It is most likely restricted to Guangxi and Guangdong provinces, although pre-historic skull remains have been found in northern Vietnam and Hainan. Other common names include Kwangtung river turtle and black-necked pond turtle.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

CITES lists this taxon on Appendix II. Confirm the current appendix on the CITES checklist.

Red-necked pond turtle is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Red-necked pond turtle — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q305926. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Same genus

Photograph of Chinese stripe-necked turtle (Mauremys sinensis), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Chinese stripe-necked turtle

Mauremys sinensis
Photograph of Vietnamese pond turtle (Mauremys annamensis), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Vietnamese pond turtle

Mauremys annamensis
Photograph of Yellow pond turtle (Mauremys mutica), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Yellow pond turtle

Mauremys mutica
Photograph of Chinese pond turtle (Mauremys reevesii), recorded as EndangeredEN

Chinese pond turtle

Mauremys reevesii

Quick answers

What is Red-necked pond turtle?
Red-necked pond turtle is a turtle in the family Geoemydidae — Mauremys nigricans.
What is the conservation status of Red-necked pond turtle?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Mauremys nigricans. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Red-necked pond turtle live?
The red-necked pond turtle is a turtles in the family Geoemydidae endemic to China.
Why is Red-necked pond turtle in crisis?
It is most likely restricted to Guangxi and Guangdong provinces, although pre-historic skull remains have been found in northern Vietnam and Hainan.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Mauremys nigricans?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Red-necked pond turtle a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.