Wattle-necked softshell turtle

Wattle-necked softshell turtle
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Trionychidae
Subfamily: Trionychinae
Genus: Palea[2]
Meylan, 1987 [2]
Species: P. steindachneri
Binomial name
Palea steindachneri
(Siebenrock, 1906)[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Aspidonectes californiana
    Rivers, 1889 (nomen suppressum)
  • Pelodiscus californianus
    — Baur, 1893
  • Aspidonectes californiensis
    O.P. Hay, 1904 (ex errore)
  • Trionyx steindachneri
    Siebenrock, 1906
    (nomen conservandum)
  • Amyda steindachneri
    — K.P. Schmidt, 1927
  • Palea steindachneri
    — Meylan, 1987
  • Trionix steindachneri
    — Richard, 1999
  • Pelodiscus steindachneri
    — Pritchard, 2001

The wattle-necked softshell turtle (Palea steindachneri ), also commonly known as Steindachner's soft-shelled turtle,[4] is an endangered species of softshell turtle and the only member of the genus Palea.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, steindachneri, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Franz Steindachner.[4]

Distribution

P. steindachneri is native to southeastern China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Yunnan), Laos, and Vietnam, but has also been introduced to Hawaii and Mauritius.[2]

Threats

P. steindachneri is endangered by poaching for human consumption.[1] Although pressure on the wild population continues, several thousand are hatched and raised each year in turtle farms in China and Vietnam for food and traditional medicine.[5][6]

References

  1. 1 2 Asian Turtle Trade Working Group (2000). Palea steindachneri. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour (2011-12-31). "Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status". Chelonian Research Monographs. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-22.
  3. ↑ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17.
  4. 1 2 Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011) The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Palea steindachneri, p. 252).
  5. ↑ Dharmananda, Subhuti, Endangered species issues affecting turtles and tortoises in Chinese medicine, Institute for Traditional Medicine, Portland, Oregon
  6. ↑ "Raising trionychid turtles in Yen Bai", Vietnam in photos, 2013-02-17

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