Pelodiscus sinensis

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Overview

Vulnerable

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Amyda japonica Stejneger 1907: 515 • Amyda maacki Stejneger 1907: 529 • Amyda schlegeli haseri Pawlow 1932 • Amyda schlegeli licenti Pawlow 1932 • Amyda schlegelii Stejneger 1907: 526 • Amyda sinensis Stejneger 1907: 524 • Ceramopelta latirostris Heude 1880: 33 • Cinctisternum bicinctum Heude 1880: 37 • Coelognathus novem-costatus Heude 1880: 29 • Coptopelta septem-costata Heude 1880: 35 • Gomphopelta officinae Heude 1880: 27 • Gymnopus simonii DUMÉRIL 1875< /i> (Nomen Nudum) • Landemania irrorata Gray 1869: 216 • Oscaria swinhoei Gray 1873 • Pelodiscus sinensis — Cox Et Al. 1998: 135 • Pelodiscus sinensis — Crother 2000 • Psilognathus laevis Heude 1880: 24 • Temnognathus mordax Heude 1880: 26 • Testudo rostrata Thunberg 1787 • Testudo semimembranacea HERMANN 1804< /i> (Nomen Oblitum) • Tortisternum novem-costatum Heude 1880: 31 • Trionyx cartilagineus var. newtoni Ferreira 1897 • Trionyx maackii Brandt 1858: 609 • Trionyx perocellatus Gray 1855: 65 • Trionyx schlegeli Brandt 1858: 610 • Trionyx sinensis • Trionyx sinensis cyphus VOGT 1922< /i> (Nomen Illegitimum) • Trionyx sinensis Strauch 1862: 177 • Trionyx sinensis Wiegmann 1835 • Trionyx sinensis — Alderton 1988 • Trionyx sinensis — Boulenger 1889 • Trionyx sinensis — GÜnther 1888: 166 • Trionyx stellatus var. japon[ica] TEMMINCK & SCHLEGEL 1835 (In Siebold) • Trionyx swinhonis BOULENGER 1889< /i> (Nom. Subst. Pro Oscaria Swinhoei Gray) • Trionyx tuberculatus Cantor 1842: 482 • Trionyx< /i> (Aspidonectes) Sinensis Wiegmann 1835 • Tyrse perocellata Gray 1844: 48 • Yuen leprosus Heude 1880 • Yuen pallens Heude 1880 • Yuen viridis Heude 1880

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Syntypes: ZMB 38, 39 extant , and ZMB 37 lost. Synonymy mainly after STEJNEGER 1907. Trionyx maacki has been named after a R. Maack, a Russian who traveled in the Amur region in the early 1850ies and who collected the type (of Trionyx maacki). KUZMIN (2002) reported a hybrid between Apalone mutica Pelodiscus sinensis. The International Comission of Zoological Nomenclature retained the name Trionyx sinensis WIEGMANN 1835 over Testudo rostrata THUNBERG 1787. ZHAO (1997) believes that Pelodiscus (= Trionyx) arenaria ZHOU et al. (1991) is a juvenile form of P. sinensis. The illustration of Trionyx sinensis in WERMUTH & MERTENS (1961: 277, Fig. 196a) is a copy of the holotype of Oscaria (= Rafetus) swinhoei (Gray, 1873c: 157 and Pl. V). For a historical definition of Pelodiscus see BAUR (1893). The type species of Pelodiscus is Trionyx (Aspidonectes) sinensis according to BAUR (1893).

Similar Species

Members of the genus Pelodiscus

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P. sinensis (Chinese Softshell)

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Further Reading

• Asiatic herpetological research. 8 1999 Berkeley, Calif.: Asiatic Herpetological Research Society; c1990- url , , mao & wang, page 75, fig. 1, page 76, fig. 2, page 77, figs. 3-4, page 78, p. 79, niu, zhang & sun, page 81.
• Our living resources: a report to the nation on the distribution, abundance, and health of U.S. plants, animals, and ecosystems / [edited by], Edward T. LaRoe. .. [et al.]. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Biological Service, 1995. url p. 522.
• The reptiles of China: turtles, crocodilians, snakes, lizards / by Clifford H. Pope; with 78 illustrations in the text, including a map, and 27 plates at end. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1935. url , p. 59.
• The reptiles of the Pacific coast and great basin; an account of the species known to inhabit California, and Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Nevada. By John Van Denburgh. San Francisco, California academy of sciences, 1897. url p. 28, p. 28.
• University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 13 1962 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 444.

Notes

Contributors

• Asian Turtle Trade Working Group 2000. Pelodiscus sinensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 03February2012.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• TIGR Reptile Database . Release date: October 2, 2007
• Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:

• Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research: Herp Collection

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2543383
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-5445
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13809863
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 208697
• IUCN ID: 230921
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ARAAG02010
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 146014

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