Geoemyda japonica

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA REPTILIA TESTUDINES GEOEMYDIDAE

Scientific Name: Geoemyda japonica
Species Authority Fan, 1931
Common Name/s:
English – Ryukyu Black-breasted Leaf Turtle, Ryukyu Leaf Turtle

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Endangered   A1ce, B1+2c   ver 2.3
Year Assessed: 2000
Assessor/s Asian Turtle Trade Working Group
Evaluator/s: Buhlmann, K., Rhodin, A. & van Dijk, P.P. (Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Red List Authority)
Justification:
Geoemyda japonica is endemic to Japan. This species was listed as Vulnerable in the 1991 and 1999 Japanese Red Lists (Ota 2000). Numbers were judged to be declining on Okinawajima, with two small isolated subpopulations on Kumejima, and no status data for Tokashikijima (Yasukawa and Ota in press). Hybridization as a threat (A1e) was added based on Matsui and Ota (1999).
History:
1996 – Endangered (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Native:
Japan (Nansei-shoto)

Population [top]

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: Primarily terrestrial, occasionally entering freshwater.
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): Populations are judged to be badly declining on Okinawajima, with two small isolated populations on Kumejima, and no status data for Tokashikijima.

Conservation Actions [top]

Citation: Asian Turtle Trade Working Group 2000. Geoemyda japonica. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 November 2008.
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