Chinese stripe-necked turtle

Chinese stripe-necked turtle
	Bach Ma National Park, Vietnam
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Geoemydidae
Genus:	Mauremys
Species:	M. sinensis
Binomial name
	Mauremys sinensis; (Gray, 1870)
Synonyms
	Ocadia sinensis Gray, 1870; Emys sinensis Gray, 1834; Emys bennettii Gray, 1844; Graptemys sinensis Agassiz, 1857; Clemmys bennettii Strauch, 1862; Clemmys sinensis Strauch, 1862; Emys chinensis Gray, 1870 (ex errore); Mauremys sinensis Gray, 1870; Testudo anyangensis Ping, 1930; Pseudocadia anyangensis Lindholm, 1931; Mauremys sinensis changwui Tao, 1988; Mauremys sinensis sinensis Artner, 2003;

The Chinese stripe-necked turtle (Mauremys sinensis) or golden thread turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. They are widely distributed in the subtropical regions of Taiwan.

Like many other Geoemydidae, this species hybridizes vigorously with related and not-so-closely related members of its family.

It is one of the two most commonly found species used for divination - the other being Mauremys mutica - that have been recovered from Shang dynasty sites, despite the Shang capital being over 1000 km north of its modern-day distribution range.