Northern New Guinea giant softshell turtle

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Northern New Guinea giant softshell turtle
CITES Appendix II (CITES) [2]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Trionychidae
Genus: Pelochelys
Species:
P. signifera
Binomial name
Pelochelys signifera
Webb, 2003
Synonyms [3]
  • Pelochelys signiferaWebb, 2003

The northern New Guinea giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys signifera) is a species of turtle found in the lowlands of northern New Guinea. [4] South of the Central Range it is replaced by the closely related southern New Guinea giant softshell turtle (P. bibroni). [4] It is threatened by overhunting and harvesting of eggs as well as significant habitat loss of aquatic vegetation due to introduced fish species such as the red-bellied pacu (Piaractus brachypomus). [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Rhodin, A.G.J.; Richards, S.; Georges, A.; Amepou, Y.; Hamidy, A. (2018). "Pelochelys signifera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T170526A1316202. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T170526A1316202.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 318. doi: 10.3897/vz.57.e30895 . ISSN   1864-5755.
  4. 1 2 Webb, R.G. (2002). "Observations on the Giant Softshell Turtle, Pelochelys cantorii, with description of a new species". Hamadryad. 27 (1): 99–107.

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