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http://dx.doi.org/10.11626/KJEB.2020.38.1.016

First report on the non-native species, Western painted turtle (Chrysemys picta bellii), in the wild, Republic of Korea  

Park, Il-Kook (Shinwha Engineering INC.)
Lee, Kyungwon (Hwa Jeong Engineering INC.)
Jeong, Ji-Hyun (Hwa Jeong Engineering INC.)
Lee, Hyun-Been (Hwa Jeong Engineering INC.)
Koo, Kyo Soung (Research Center of Ecomimetics, Chonnam National University)
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Korean Journal of Environmental Biology / v.38, no.1, 2020 , pp. 16-20 More about this Journal
Abstract
On May 27, 2019, a non-native turtle was discovered at Ilsan Lake Park, Janghang-dong, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Republic of Korea. The turtle was identified as a western painted turtle (Emydidae: Chrysemys picta bellii) based on the external morphology, plastron color, plastron pattern, stripes on the side of the head, and shape of the carapace. In the lake park, another non-native turtle was observed sunbathing on the same rock. In this paper, we firstly reported the confirmed presence of a western painted turtle in the wild of Korea. Unfortunately, various non-native turtles are continuously reported in Korean ecosystems. Therefore, we highlight that continuous surveying and reporting of the non-native species is important to their management.
Keywords
Emydidae; introduced species; freshwater turtle; public park;
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