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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.
Due to commercial use of the river, tourism, and pollution, the Yangtze is home to several seriously threatened species of large animals (in addition to fish): the narrow-ridged finless porpoise, baiji (Yangtze river dolphin), Chinese alligator, Yangtze giant softshell turtle and Chinese giant salamander. This is the only other place besides ...
Rafetus euphraticus (Daudin, 1801) – Euphrates softshell turtle; Rafetus swinhoei (Gray, 1873) – Yangtze giant softshell turtle; 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.
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 ...
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)
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.
Yangtze giant softshell turtle; Yellow pond turtle; Yellow-headed temple turtle This page was last edited on 21 February 2017, at 22:35 (UTC). ...
The Yangtze River catchment area is one of the most densely populated areas in China and the world. The river, China's longest, is also a major highway for ships. Water and noise pollution, commercial fishing, and large propellers of ships are all major threats to the baiji.