The First Prehistoric Record of Mauremys mutica (Testudines: Geoemydidae) from the Yaeyama Islands, Southern Ryukyus, Japan

Akio Takahashi; Ryo Fujii; Akira Nakachi; Hidetoshi Ota

doi:10.5358/hsj.33.1

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Akio Takahashi,^1,* Ryo Fujii,² Akira Nakachi,³ Hidetoshi Ota⁴

¹1Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Okayama University of Science, Okayama 700-0005, JAPAN
²2Higashino High School, Saitama 358-8558, JAPAN
³3Yonabaru 11-1, Yonabaru, Shimajiri, Okinawa 901-1303, JAPAN
⁴4Institute of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Hyogo, Hyogo 669-1546, JAPAN

^*Corresponding author. Tel & Fax: +81-86-256-9670; E-mail address: takahashi@zool.ous.ac.jp

Abstract

Skeletal remains of the geoemydid turtle, Mauremys mutica, were recovered from the lower layer of the Tugurubama archeological site on Yonagunijima Island, which corresponds to the period from the late middle to early late Holocene (ca., 4,000 yBP). These represent the first concrete evidence for the prehistoric occurrence of this turtle in the Yaeyama Islands and offer strong support for the indigenous nature of the current Yaeyama populations of M. mutica.

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Akio Takahashi, Ryo Fujii, Akira Nakachi, and Hidetoshi Ota "The First Prehistoric Record of Mauremys mutica (Testudines: Geoemydidae) from the Yaeyama Islands, Southern Ryukyus, Japan," Current Herpetology 33(1), 1-7, (1 February 2014). https://doi.org/10.5358/hsj.33.1

Accepted: 1 July 2013; Published: 1 February 2014

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