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]
| Pelodiscus | |
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| Pelodiscus sinensis, Chinese softshell turtle | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | Trionychidae |
| Subfamily: | Trionychinae |
| Genus: | Pelodiscus Fitzinger, 1835[1] |
| Species | |
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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
edit- Pelodiscus axenaria (Zhou, Zhang & Fang, 1991) — Hunan softshell turtle[1]
- Pelodiscus huangshanensis Gong, Peng, Huang, & Nie, 2021 — Huangshan softshell turtle, horse-hoof softshell turtle[6]
- Pelodiscus maackii (Brandt, 1857) — Amur softshell turtle, northern Chinese softshell turtle[1]
- Pelodiscus parviformis Tang, 1997 — lesser Chinese softshell turtle[1]
- Pelodiscus shipian Gong, Fritz, Vamberger, Gao & Farkas, 2022 — Chinese stone slab softshell turtle[7]
- Pelodiscus sinensis (Wiegmann, 1835) — Chinese softshell turtle[1]
- Pelodiscus variegatus Farkas et al., 2019 — spotted softshell turtle[4]
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
edit- ^ a b c d e f Rhodin et al. 2010, pp. 000.127-8
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
Further reading
edit- Fitzinger, L. (1835). "Entwurf einer systematischen Anordnung der Schildkröten nach den Grundsätzen der natürlichen Methode". Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte. 1: 105–128. (Pelodiscus, new genus, p. 120. (in German and Latin).
- Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour (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.