Biology:Amur softshell turtle

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Short description: Species of turtle
Not to be confused with the Chinese softshell turtle or the lesser Chinese softshell turtle.

Amur softshell turtle
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Trionychidae
Genus: Pelodiscus
Species:
P. maackii
Binomial name
Pelodiscus maackii
(Brandt, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Trionyx maackii
    Brandt, 1857
  • Amyda maackii
    — Stejneger, 1907
  • Trionyx maachii
    Stanley, 1914 (ex errore)
  • Trionyx maaki
    Chkhikvadze, 1987 (ex errore)
  • Pelodiscus maackii
    — David, 1994

The Amur softshell turtle[2] (Pelodiscus maackii), also commonly known as the northern Chinese softshell turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Trionychidae. The species is native to Asia.

Geographic range

Pelodiscus maackii is found in the Russian Far East, northeastern China, Korea, and Japan.[3] It is possible that the Japanese populations are the result of ancient introductions by humans.[3]

Description

An aquatic species, Pelodiscus maackii may attain a straight carapace length of 32.5 cm (1.1 ft).[4]

Breeding

In China specifically, the breeding of the closely related Chinese softshell turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis) has been done for over 2,400 years, and the production has come to 340,000 annually due to the demand.[5]

Etymology

The specific name, maackii, is in honor of Russian naturalist Richard Maack.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Appendices | CITES". https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pelodiscus maackii, p. 164).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Rhodin, A.G.J.; Iverson, J.B.; Bour, R.; Fritz, U.; Georges, A.; Shaffer, H.B.; van Dijk, P.P.; (Turtle Taxonomy Working Group) (2017). "Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status". Chelonian Research Monographs. Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 7: 1–292. doi:10.3854/crm.7.checklist.atlas.v8.2017. ISBN 9781532350269. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/64c5/1a25fb4afce9a68f6fadc4e63c80929938d2.pdf. 
  4. ↑ "Chinese Soft-shell Turtle". Ecology Asia. http://www.ecologyasia.com/verts/turtles/chinese-soft-shell_turtle.htm. 
  5. ↑ Gong, Shiping; Vamberger, Melita; Auer, Markus; Praschag, Peter; Fritz, Uwe (2018-05-04). "Millennium-old farm breeding of Chinese softshell turtles (Pelodiscus spp.) results in massive erosion of biodiversity" (in en). The Science of Nature 105 (5): 34. doi:10.1007/s00114-018-1558-9. ISSN 1432-1904. PMID 29728774. Bibcode: 2018SciNa.105...34G. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-018-1558-9. 

Further reading

  • Brandt JF (1857). "Observationes quaedam ad generis Trionychum species duas novas spectantes ". Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg 16: 110–111. (Trionyx maackii, new species). (in Latin).
  • Stejneger L (1907). Herpetology of Japan and Adjacent Territory. Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum Bulletin 58. Washington, District of Columbia: Government Printing Office. xx + 577 pp. (Amyda maackii, p. 529).

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