Pelochelys cantorii

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Asian Giant soft-shelled Turtle
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Order: Testudines Suborder: Cryptodira Family: Trionychidae Genus: Pelochelys Species: P. cantorii
Binomial name
Pelochelys cantorii Gray, 1864

Asian Giant soft-shelled Turtle Pelochelys cantorii is a species of tortoise.

[edit] Distribution

The turtle can be found in India (west and as far south as the vicinity of Madurai in the eastern coastal drainages of peninsular India); coastal Bangladesh; Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, China (as far east as the vicinity of Fuzhou), Philippines (east from Luzon). Indonesia (into the Memberamo and Sepik river basins, Papua New Guinea), Sumatra, Borneo, and W Java (fide MCCORD & JOSEPH-OUNI 2003). Webb (1995) restricted the type locality of Pelochelys bibroni to New Guinea, and showed that P. cantorii Gray, 1864 is available for the populations further west.

[edit] External links

• EMBL reptile database
• http://www.chelonia.org/pelochelys_gallery.htm

[edit] References

• Asian Turtle Trade Working Group (2000). Pelochelys cantorii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is endangered
• Baur,G. 1891 Notes on the trionychian genus Pelochelys. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 7: 445-447
• Boulenger, G. A. 1891 On the occurrence of Pelochelys in China. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 7: 283-284
• Gray, J. E. 1864 Revision of the species of Trionychidae found in Asia and Africa, with descriptions of some new species. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1864: 76-98
• Webb, R. G. 1995 Redescription and neotype designation of Pelochelys bibroni from southern New Guinea (Testudines: Trionychidae). Chelonian Conserv. & Biol. 1: 301-310.
• Webb, Robert G. 2002 Observations on the Giant Softshell Turtle, Pelochelys cantorii, with description of a new species. Hamadryad 27 (1): 99-107