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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.
Vietnamese three-striped box turtle (Cuora cyclornata) Chinese box turtle (Cuora flavomarginata) Indochinese box turtle (Cuora galbinifrons) McCord's box turtle (Cuora mccordi) Keeled box turtle (Cuora mouhotii) Pan's box turtle (Cuora pani) Golden coin turtle (Cuora trifasciata) Yunnan box turtle (Cuora yunnanensis) Zhou's box turtle (Cuora zhoui)
In recent years, individuals have been identified in Dong Mo Lake and Xuan Khanh Lake in Vietnam. A turtle discovered in Dong Mo Lake in 2020 was confirmed to be female, but it died in April 2023. Another individual of unspecified gender is thought to inhabit the same lake, while an additional turtle is believed to live in Xuan Khanh Lake. [11 ...
Pelodiscus is a genus of turtles in the family Trionychidae, the softshells. [1] Based on genetic and morphological analysis there are seven valid species. [3] They are native to Eastern Asia, ranging from the Amur region, south through China and Korea, as far south as Vietnam. [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 ...
The Fujian pond turtle ("Mauremys" × iversoni) is a possibly also naturally occurring intergeneric hybrid turtle in the family Geoemydidae (formerly Bataguridae). The Fujian pond turtle is produced in larger numbers by Chinese turtle farms as a "copy" of the golden coin turtle Cuora trifasciata. It appears to occur in China and Vietnam.
The Chinese broad-headed pond turtle (Mauremys megalocephala) is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae.It is endemic to China.. The species may be a synonym of the Reeve's turtle, having simply been described from Reeve's turtles with megacephaly, a condition associated with much larger and broader heads.
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.