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Hunan softshell turtle

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Hunan softshell turtle
CITES Appendix II[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Trionychidae
Genus: Pelodiscus
Species:
P. axenaria
Binomial name
Pelodiscus axenaria
(Zhou, Zhang & Fang 1991)[1]
Synonyms[3]
  • Trionyx axenaria
    Zhou, Zhang & Fang, 1991
  • Pelodiscus axenaria
    David, 1994
  • Pelodiscus axenarius
    Bour, 2002

The Hunan softshell turtle (Pelodiscus axenaria) is a species of turtle in the family Trionychidae, the softshells. It is endemic to China, where it occurs in Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Jiangxi provinces.[4][5] It is found in Taoyuan, Pingjiang, Rucheng, Lingling, and Shaoyang counties of Hunan province (Zhou, Zhang & Fang, 1991).

The meaning of the epithet "axenaria" is unknown; Gong et al. (2022) suggested that it might be a misspelling of arenaria, which means "of sand" in Latin.[6]

References

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  1. 1 2 Rhodin et al. 2010, p. 000.208
  2. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter. (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 318. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755.
  4. Pelodiscus axenaria. Reptile Database.
  5. 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. Vol. 8. Chelonian Research Foundation and Turtle Conservancy. doi:10.3854/crm.8.checklist.atlas.v9.2021. ISBN 978-0-9910368-3-7.
  6. Gong SP, Fritz U, Vamberger M, Gao YC, Farkas B (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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5125.2.2. PMID 36101223.

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