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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.
Pelochelys cantorii Gray, 1864 – Cantor's giant softshell turtle [1] Pelochelys signifera Webb , 2002 – northern New Guinea giant softshell turtle [ 1 ] Nota bene : In the above list, a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pelochelys .
Trionychidae is a family of turtle, commonly known as softshell turtles.The family was described by Leopold Fitzinger in 1826. Softshells include some of the world's largest freshwater turtles, though many can adapt to living in highly brackish waters.
A global team of animal experts have been attempting to save the Yangtze giant soft shell turtle from extinction. They are trying to figure out a way to fertilize the eggs of the only female of ...
The last-known female Yangtze giant softshell turtle has died in a zoo in Suzhou, China.
Turtle Tower (Tháp Rùa) on Hoàn Kiếm Lake, the natural habitat of the turtle in central Hanoi. Most authorities classify leloii as a junior synonym of the Yangtze giant softshell turtle, based a study by Farkas et al. [3] However, some Vietnamese biologists, such as Hà Đình Đức, who first described leloii, and Le Tran Binh, insist that the two turtles are not the same species.
Asiatic softshell turtle (Amyda cartilaginea) Senegal flapshell turtle (Cyclanorbis senegalensis) Indian softshell turtle (Nilssonia gangetica) Indian peacock softshell turtle (Nilssonia hurum) Leith's softshell turtle (Nilssonia leithii) New Guinea giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys bibroni) Chinese softshell turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis)
Giant softshell turtle may refer to the following: Asian giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys cantorii), or Cantor's giant softshell turtle;