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    Species Accepted

    Pelodiscus sinensis (Wiegmann, 1835)

    Chinese Soft-shelled Turtle
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Pelodiscus
    IUCNVulnerable

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 15 countries or islands

      15 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      BelgiumNo
      BelgiumNoUnknown
      BelgiumNoUnknown
      IndonesiaNo
      Iran, Islamic Republic OfNo
      Iran, Islamic Republic OfNo
      Iran, Islamic Republic OfNo
      Iran, Islamic Republic OfNo
      Iran, Islamic Republic OfNo
      LatviaYes
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      30 results
      Chinese Drieklauw Dutch
      Chinese Soft-shelled Turtle English
      Chinese Softshell English
      Chinese Softshell Turtle English
      Chinese weekschildpad Dutch
      Chinesische Weichschildkröte German
      Kinesisk Blødskildpadde Danish
      Labi-labi Cina Indonesian
      Southern Chinese Soft-shelled Turtle English
      Tartaruga dal guscio molle cinese Italian

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
      2 results
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      124 results
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      Siebenrock, F. (1907). Über einige zum Teil seltene Schildkröten aus Südchina. Akad. Anz. Wien 44: 491-492.
      Campbell, Earl W., III. (1993). Pelodiscus sinensis (Chinease Softshell). USA: Guam. Herpetological Review 24 (2): 65.
      TTWG; Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., Bour, R., Fritz, U., Georges, A., Shaffer, H.B., and van Dijk, P.P. (2021). Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (9th Ed.). In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., van Dijk, P.P., Stanford, C.B., Goode, E.V., Buhlmann, K.A., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs 8:1–472. Doi:10.3854/Crm.8.Checklist.Atlas.V9.2021.
      Niu, C.; Zhang, T. & Sun, R. (2000). Food Consumption and Growth of Juvenile Chinese Soft-shelled Turtles (Pelodiscus sinensis) in Relation to Body Weight and Water Temperature. Asiatic Herpetological Research 8: 81-84 [1999].
      de Rooij, & de, N. (1915). The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden (E. J. Brill), Xiv + 384 Pp.
      MCLEOD, David S.; Cameron D. SILER, Arvin C. DIESMOS, Mae L. DIESMOS, Vhon S. GARCIA, Angela O. ARKONCEO, Kelvin L. BALAQUIT, Charlene C. UY, Mariden M. VILLASERAN, Earle C. YARRA, Rafe M. BROWN. (2011). Amphibians and Reptiles of Luzon Island, V: The Herpetofauna of Angat Dam Watershed, Bulacan Province, Luzon Island, Philippines. Asian Herpetological Research 2 (4): 177–198.
      Strauch, A. (1862). Chelonogische Studien, mit besonderer Bezeichung auf die Schildkrötensammlung der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu St. Petersburg. Mémoires de l’Académie Impériale Des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg, Série 7(5): 1-196.
      Brito, E. S., Valadão, R. M., Malvasio, A., Freitas, A. F. F., Muniz, F. L., Molina, F. B., Souza, F. L., Moura, G. J. B., Costa, H. C., Bassetti, L. A. B., Friol, N. R., Rocha, S. B., Gomides, S. C., Marques, T. S., & Portelinha, T. C. G. (2025). Quelônios Continentais e Crocodilianos do Brasil, 1. Ed. Agência Estadual de Meio Ambiente Do Estado de Pernambuco, Recife, 350pp.

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