Taxon profile

species

Chinese Soft-shelled Turtle
Pelodiscus sinensis (Wiegmann, 1835)

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Chordata - chordates » order Chelonia » family Trionychidae - soft-shelled turtles

Scientific synonyms

Amyda chinensis
Amyda sinensis
Trionyx sinensis Wiegmann, 1834

Other names

= Chinese Softshell

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IUCN category:	Vulnerable

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Subordinated taxa

Number of records: 2

subspecies Pelodiscus sinensis sinensis Wiegmann, 1835 - Chinese Soft-shelled Turtle

subspecies Pelodiscus sinensis tuberculatus Cantor, 1842

Links and literature

RYBICKY.NET - Akvaristika pro každého [atlasostatnich/koznatka_cinska]
Pecháček L.: RYBICKY.NET - Akvaristika pro každého [http://rybicky.net/]

ARKive [/chinese-softshell-turtle/pelodiscus-sinensis/]
ARKive [http://www.arkive.org]
Data retrieved on: 2010/12/16

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011.2 [39620] [as Pelodiscus sinensis (Wiegmann, 1835)]
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/]
Data retrieved on: 2012/05/26

Reptile Database - Search [genus=Pelodiscus&species=sinensis]
Reptile Database - Search [http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/]

Moravec J. (2008): České názvy živočichů VII. Plazi (Reptilia) 1. Želvy (Testudines), krokodýli (Crocodylia), haterie (Rhynchocephalia)., Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 39 pp. [as Pelodiscus sinensis (Wiegmann, 1834)]

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