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The Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei), also known commonly as the Red River giant softshell turtle, the Shanghai softshell turtle, the speckled softshell turtle, and Swinhoe's softshell turtle, is an extremely rare species of turtle in the family Trionychidae. It may be the largest living freshwater turtle in the world.
As a species of Rafetus, R. bohemicus can be distinguished from other European fossil softshell turtle species of the genus Trionyx by its shorter and broader snout, a larger internal naris, a non-concave medial edge of the maxilla in palatal view (instead of straight), and a shorter intermaxillary suture developed between the intermaxillary ...
A possible third species, Rafetus leloii Hà, 2000 (synonym R. vietnamensis Le et al., 2010), known commonly as the Hoan Kiem turtle, has been proposed as a species. It is considered a junior synonym of Rafetus swinhoei by most authorities, [ 2 ] but some Vietnamese scientists insist the two forms are not identical.
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The turtle was originally called Testudo rafcht by Guillaume-Antoine Olivier, who shot a three-foot-long specimen in June 1797 when crossing the Euphrates near Anah [7]. The Euphrates softshell turtle became known to western science when the French naturalist Guillaume-Antoine Olivier shot a specimen while crossing the Euphrates near Anah in June 1797. [7]
Snapping turtles can go for months without breathing in the cold winter months where they may be trapped under pond ice. They eat a large variety of foods , from fish, small animals, and birds, to ...
Giant softshell turtle may refer to the following: Asian giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys cantorii), or Cantor's giant softshell turtle; New Guinea giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys bibroni) Northern New Guinea giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys signifera) Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) Pelochelys, the genus of giant ...
The Hoàn Kiếm turtle, also Rafetus leloii, was an obsolete or controversial taxon of turtle from Southeast Asia, based on specimens from Hoàn Kiếm Lake in Hanoi, Vietnam. Most experts classify this turtle as synonymous with the rare Yangtze giant softshell turtle ( Rafetus swinhoei ), although some Vietnamese biologists asserted that R ...