Rafetus swinhoei (Gray, 1873)

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

class

Reptilia

order

Testudines

family

Trionychidae

genus

Rafetus

species

Rafetus swinhoei

Name

Synonyms

Oscaria swinhoei Bonin Et Al, 2006

Oscaria swinhoei Gray, 1873

Pelochelys taihuensis Zhang, 1984

Rafetus leloii Hà Dình Dúc, 2000

Rafetus swinhoe Rudolphi & Weser, 1998

Rafetus vietnamensis Le Et Al., 2010

Trionyx liupani Tao, 1986

Trionyx swinhoei Alderton, 1988

Trionyx swinhonis Boulenger, 1889

Homonyms

Rafetus swinhoei (Gray, 1873)

Common names

Red River Giant Softshell Turtle in English

Shanghai Softshell Turtle in English

Shanghai Softshell Turtle in English

Swinhoe's Softshell Turtle in English

Swinhoe’s Soft-shelled Turtle in English

Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle in English

Bibliographic References

1. Bettelheim, Matthew P. (2012) Swinhoe's Softshell Turtle (Rafetus swinhoei): The legendary Sword Lake Turtle of Hoan Kiem Lake.: Bibliotheca Herpetologica 10 (1): 4-20
2. Bonin, F., Devaux, B. & Dupré, A. (2006) Turtles of the World. English translation by P.C.H. Pritchard.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 416 pp.
3. Boulenger, G.A. (1889) Catalogue of the Chelonians, Rhynchocephalians, and Crocodiles in the British Museum (Natural History).: British Museum, London, 311 pp.
4. Ernst,C.H. and Barbour,R.W. (1989) Turtles of the World.: Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. - London
5. Farkas B, Fritz U (1998) On the identity of Rafetus swinhoei (GRAY 1873) and Pelochelys maculatus (HEUDE 1880) (Reptilia: Testudines: Trionychidae).: Zool. Abh. Staatl. Tierk. Dresden 50 (1): 50 (1): 59-75
6. Farkas, B. & Webb, R.G. (2003) Rafetus leloii HÀ DÌNH DÚC 2000, an invalid species of softshell turtle from Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi, Vietnam (Reptilia, Testudines, Trionychidae).: Zool. Abh. (Dresden) 53: 107-112
7. Farkas, Balázs; Minh Duc Le, and Truong Quang Nguyen (2011) Rafetus vietnamensis Le, Le, Tran, Phan, Phan, Tran, Pham, Nguyen, Nong, Phan, Dinh, Truong and Ha, 2010 – another invalid name for an invalid species of softshell turtle (Reptilia: Testudines: Trionychidae).: Russ. J. Herpetol. 18 91): 65 – 72
8. Gray,J.E. (1873) Notes on Chinese mud-tortoises (Trionychidae), with the description of a new species sent to the British Museum by Mr. Swinhoe, and observations on the male organ of this family.: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 12: 156-161
9. Iverson, John B., 1992: null. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. xiii + 363.
10. Jian, Wang; Shi Hai-Tao, Wen Cheng, and Han Lian-Xian (2013) Habitat Selection and Conservation Suggestions for the Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) in the Upper Red River, China.: Chelonian Conservation and Biology Jul 2013, Vol. 12, No. 1: 177-184.
11. Kuchling, Gerald, Dingqi Rao and Shunqing Lu. (2013) In search of China's last Giant Softshell Turtles (Rafetus swinhoei).: Turtle Survival Alliance 2013: 44
12. Kuchling, Gerald, Lu Shunqing and Rao Dingqi. (2014) Challenges for Rafetus in China continue to mount.: Turtle Survival 2014: 50
13. Le Tran; Le Quang Huan, Tran My Linh, Phan Trong Hoang, Phan Minh Tuan, Tran Thi Thanh Huyen, Pham Thu Thuy, Nguyen Dang Ton, Nong Van Hai, Phan Van Chi, Dinh Duy Khang, Truong Nam Hai, Ha Dinh Duc (2010) COMPARATIVE MORPHOLOGICAL AND DNA ANALYSIS OF SPECIMENS OF GIANT FRESHWATER SOFT-SHELLED TURTLE IN VIETNAM RELATED TO HOAN KIEM TURTLE.: Tạp chí Công nghệ Sinh học 8(3A): 949-954
14. Meylan, P. & R.G. Webb. (1988) Rafetus swinhoei (Gray) 1873, a valid species of living soft-shelled turtle (Family Trionychidae) from China.: Journal of Herpetology 22 (1): 118-119
15. Rudolphi, Michael and Ronald Weser. (1998) Die Weichschildkröten Nordvietnams unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Nackendornen-Weichschildkröte, Palea steindachneri (Siebenrock, 1906).: Sauria 20 (1): 2-14.
16. Sang, Nguyen Van; Ho Thu Cuc, Nguyen, Quang Truong (2009) Herpetofauna of Vietnam.: Chimaira, Frankfurt, 768 pp.
17. Siebenrock, F. (1902) Zur Systematik der Schildkrötenfamilie Trionychidae Bell, nebst der Beschreibung einer neuen Cyclanorbis - Art.: Sitzungsber. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien. Math-Naturwiss. Cl. 111: 807-846
18. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., J. Iverson, A. Rhodin, H. Shaffer, and R. Bour], 2014: Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 5, v. 7. 329-479.
19. ZHOU, T; P-P Li. (2007) Chelonian species diversity and current status in China. (in Chinese).: Sichuan Journal of Zoology 26 (2):463-467