Northern New Guinea giant softshell turtle

For the species with a similar name, see southern New Guinea giant softshell turtle.

Northern New Guinea giant softshell turtle
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES) [2]
Scientific classification
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. 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. Webb, R.G. (2002). "Observations on the Giant Softshell Turtle, Pelochelys cantorii, with description of a new species". Hamadryad. 27 (1): 99–107.

Bibliography

• Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley (2010-12-14). "Turtles of the World 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution and Conservation Status" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-12-15.