Pelodiscus

Pelodiscus
Pelodiscus sinensis,
Chinese softshell turtle
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Trionychidae
Subfamily: Trionychinae
Genus:
Fitzinger, 1835[1]
Species

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Pelodiscus is a genus of turtles in the family Trionychidae, the softshells.[1] Based on genetic and morphological analysis there are seven valid species.[3] They are native to Eastern Asia, ranging from the Amur region, south through China and Korea, as far south as Vietnam.[4] Populations in Japan are thought to likely originate from historic human introductions.[3]

Phylogenetic studies have recovered a high diversity of Pelodiscus genotypes in China, some of which may correspond to distinct species. However, the millennia-old practice of farming Pelodiscus for consumption, especially in large-scale turtle farms since the late 20th century, is thought to threaten these lineages due to hybridization with farmed individuals.[5]

Species

The following species are recognized by the Reptile Database:[6]

Nota bene: In the above list, a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pelodiscus.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Rhodin et al. 2010, pp. 000.127-8
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ a b Rhodin, Anders G.J. (2021-11-15). Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (9th Ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs. Chelonian Research Foundation and Turtle Conservancy. ISBN 978-0-9910368-3-7.
  4. ^ a b Farkas, B.; Ziegler, T.; Pham, C.T.; Ong, A.V.; Fritz, U. (2019). "A new species of Pelodiscus from northeastern Indochina (Testudines, Trionychidae)". ZooKeys (824): 71–86. doi:10.3897/zookeys.824.31376. PMC 6382751. PMID 30799973.
  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". The Science of Nature. 105 (5): 34. doi:10.1007/s00114-018-1558-9. ISSN 1432-1904.
  6. ^ "Search results | The Reptile Database". reptile-database.reptarium.cz. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
  7. ^ Gong, Yan-An; Peng, Li-Fang; Huang, Song; Lin, Yan-Feng; Huang, Ru-Yi; Xu, Yu-Hao; Yang, Dian-Cheng; Nie, Liu-Wang (2021-10-28). "A new species of the Genus Pelodiscus Fitzinger, 1835 (Testudines: Trionychidae) from Huangshan, Anhui, China". Zootaxa. 5060 (1): 137–145. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5060.1.7. ISSN 1175-5334.
  8. ^ a b c Liu, Jia-Yu; Fu, Wen; Ma, Yi-Han; Zhou, Ting; Blanck, Torsten; Zhou, Gong-Jian; Xiao, Ya-Mei; Mo, Xiao-Yang (2024-12-21). "Shedding Light into the Confusing History of Pelodiscus axenaria (Zhou, Zhang et Fang, 1991), Clarifying and Correcting Its Taxonomic Position within the P. axenaria Complex with the Description of Yet Another Pelodiscus Species". Russian Journal of Herpetology. 31 (6): 337–350. doi:10.30906/1026-2296-2024-31-6-337-350. ISSN 1026-2296.
  9. ^ Gong, Shiping; Fritz, Uwe; Vamberger, Melita; Gao, Yangchun; Farkas, Balázs (2022). "Disentangling the Pelodiscus axenaria complex, with the description of a new Chinese species and neotype designation for P. axenaria (Zhou, Zhang & Fang, 1991)". Zootaxa. 5125 (2): 131–143. ISSN 1175-5334.

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