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The Chinese softshell turtle [1] (Pelodiscus sinensis) is a species of softshell turtle that is native to mainland China (Inner Mongolia to Guangxi, including Hong Kong) and Taiwan, with records of escapees—some of which have established introduced populations—in a wide range of other Asian countries, as well as Spain, Brazil and Hawaii.
The Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei), also commonly known as the Red River giant softshell turtle, the Shanghai softshell turtle, the speckled softshell turtle, and Swinhoe's softshell turtle, is a critically endangered species of turtle in the family Trionychidae. It is regarded as one of the largest living freshwater turtle ...
Worldwide, the most commonly consumed softshell species is the Chinese softshell Pelodiscus sinensis. As a noted Japanese biologist pointed out in 1904, the Japanese variety of this turtle, which at time was classified as Trionyx japonicus , occupied a place in Japanese cuisine as esteemed as the diamondback terrapin in the United States or the ...
Wattle-necked softshell turtle (Palea steindachneri) Cantor's giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys cantorii) Hunan softshell turtle (Pelodiscus axenaria) Amur softshell turtle (Pelodiscus maackii) Lesser Chinese softshell turtle (Pelodiscus parviformis) Chinese softshell turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis) Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei)
Pelodiscus sinensis (Wiegmann, 1835) — Chinese softshell turtle [1] Pelodiscus variegatus Farkas et al. , 2019 — spotted softshell turtle [ 4 ] Nota bene : In the above list, a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pelodiscus .
BEIJING (Reuters) -Detection in the Chinese city of Wuhan of a bacteria that caused cholera in a student and was separately found in samples from softshell turtles at a food market has struck a ...
Pelodiscus maackii, commonly known as the Amur softshell turtle [3] or the northern Chinese softshell turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Trionychidae. The species is found in the Russian Far East, northeastern China, Korea, and Japan. [4] It is possible that the Japanese populations are the result of ancient introductions by humans. [4]
The lesser Chinese softshell turtle (Pelodiscus parviformis) is a species of turtle in the family Trionychidae. [3] It is endemic to China, where it inhabits a small range in Guangxi and Hunan provinces. Populations of this species in Vietnam and Hainan are now considered to belong to a separate species, the spotted softshell turtle (P ...