Wattle-necked softshell turtle

Wattle-necked softshell turtle
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Trionychidae
Subfamily: Trionychinae
Genus: Palea
Meylan, 1987
Species:
P. steindachneri
Binomial name
Palea steindachneri
(Siebenrock, 1906)
Synonyms
List
  • Aspidonectes californiana
    Rivers, 1889
    (nomen suppressum)
  • Pelodiscus californianus
    — Baur, 1893
  • Aspidonectes californiensis [sic]
    O.P. Hay, 1904
    (ex errore)
  • Trionyx steindachneri
    Siebenrock, 1906
    (nomen conservandum)
  • Amyda steindachneri
    — K.P. Schmidt, 1927
  • Palea steindachneri
    — Meylan, 1987
  • Trionix steindachneri
    — Richard, 1999
  • Pelodiscus steindachneri
    — Pritchard, 2001
  • Palea steindachneri
    — Ziegler, 2002

The wattle-necked softshell turtle (Palea steindachneri), also commonly known as Steindachner's soft-shelled turtle, is an endangered Asian species of softshell turtle in the family Trionychidae. The species is the only member of the genus Palea.

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