Talk:Chinese softshell turtle

To be added

This information

Need:

• predator and longevity information
• references for turtle soup, pet trade information, and foraging info
• research distribution map - should Russia be included in the distribution text or is map incorrect? Teresa J. Mayfield (talk) 04:41, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

It was me that took out Russia because the IUCN doesn't list it. I've now added it back in because the WWF map does. No idea what the difference is, perhaps the range is shrinking, but the map we have looks great and checks also with http://www.wild-russia.org/bioregion13/khankaisky/13_khankaisky.htm, if you look at the maps you can see Lake Khanka which is at least partly in Russia. Regards, Sun Creator^(talk) 00:14, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

On a little more investigation is seems to be a confusion over Northern Chinese softshell turtle. Regards, Sun Creator^(talk) 18:53, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Vulnerable

How come this Chinese softshell turtle is vulnerable, when there are millions of them? Meursault2004 (talk) 12:51, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

According to a provisional listing from 2018, the Chinese softshell turtle is now Endangered, not Vulnerable. In other words, the species has become even more endangered than it was in 2000, the year of the current IUCN listing. The reasons for this are both taxonomical (the splitting of the species complex), and an actual decline of wild populations. While there are millions of individuals in breeding facilities, the wild populations are in decline. Now, there is a distinct difference between wild turtles and turtles in food production. The turtles that are being bred have been subject to selective breeding and hybridization. Thus, the wild populations can't be supplemented with bred turtles; it would be like releasing dogs into the woods in an attempt to save wolves. --Paranaja (talk) 11:07, 3 April 2022 (UTC)