Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022.




 



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Genus
Amyda

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Southeast Asian Softshell Turtles
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Knorpel-Weichschildkröten
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Sydøstasiatiske Plettede Blødskildpadder
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1809 |  |
Amyda Geoffroy (type species: Amyda javanica Schweigger in Geoffroy Saint-Hillaire 1809 [nomen nudum] = Trionyx javanicus Geoffroy Saint-Hillaire 1809) |
1843 |  |
Potamochelys Fitzinger (type species: Trionyx javanicus Geoffroy Saint-Hillaire 1809; syn. Fritz & Havas 2006) |
1864 |  |
Aspilus Gray [not Aspilus Schaum 1848 (Coleoptera)] (type species: Trionyx cariniferus Gray 1856; syn. Fritz & Havas 2006) |
1873 |  |
Ida Gray [not Ida Gray 1838 (Sauria); not Ida Gray 1840 (Gastropoda); not Ida Robineau-Desvoidy 1863 (Diptera)] (type species: Trionyx ornatus Gray 1861; |

Contents:
2 species, none of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks:
Previously included in
Trionyx (e.g., Wermuth & Mertens 1977).
Distribution:
Bangladesh,
Brunei,
Cambodia,
India
(Assam,
Manipur,
Mizoram,
Tripura),
Indonesia
(Anambas Islands,
Bali,
Java,
Kalimantan,
Riau Islands,
Sulawesi,
Sumatra),
Laos,
Malaysia
(Sabah,
Sarawak,
West Malaysia
[incl.
Langkawi Archipelago]),
Myanmar,
Thailand,
Vietnam.
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Amyda cartilaginea

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Sunda Softshell Turtle
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Sunda-Weichschildkröte
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Sunda-blødskildpadde
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1770 |  |
Testudo cartilaginea Boddaert |
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Gymnopus cartilaginea Cantor 1847 |
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Trionyx cartilagineus Boulenger 1889 |
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Aspidonectes cartilagineus Baur 1893 |
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Amyda cartilaginea Barbour 1912 |
1787 |  |
Testudo boddaerti Schneider [substitute name for Testudo cartilaginea Boddaert 1770] (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
1798 |  |
Testudo striata Suchow [in part; substitute name for Testudo cartilaginea Boddaert 1770 and Testudo triunguis Forsskål 1775] (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
1809 |  |
Trionyx javanicus Geoffroy Saint-Hillaire (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Aspidonectes javanicus Wagler 1830 |
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Gymnopus javanicus Duméril & Bibron 1835 |
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Trionyx stellatus var. javanica Schlegel 1838 |
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Aspilus javanicus Gray 1873 |
1809 |  |
Trionyx stellatus Geoffroy Saint-Hillaire [substitute name for Testudo cartilaginea Boddaert 1770] (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Potamochelys stellatus Gray 1864 |
1856 |  |
Trionyx cariniferus Gray (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Aspilus cariniferus Gray 1864 |
1864 |  |
Aspilus punctulatus Gray (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
1869 |  |
Trionyx jeudi Gray (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
1875 |  |
Trionyx ephippium Theobald (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
1979 |  |
Trionyx nakornsrithammarajensis Nutaphand (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Amyda nakornsrithammarajensis Ernst & Barbour 1989 |
1990 |  |
Trionyx cartilagineus nakorn Nutaphand [substitute name for Trionyx nakornsrithammarajensis Nutaphand 1979] (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
2014 |  |
Amyda cartilaginea maculosa Fritz, Gemel, Kehlmaier, Vamberger & Praschag |

Other common names:
maculosa: Northern Sunda Softshell Turtle
cartilaginea: Southern Sunda Softshell Turtle
Remarks:
Previously included ornata.
Records from Lombok and Sulawesi are assigned to the subspecies cartilaginea, but most likely represent an introduction
(Fritz, Gemel, Kehlmaier, Vamberger & Praschag 2014; Auliya, Dijk, Moll & Meylan 2016).
Introduced to:
Indonesia
(Lombok),
Mauritius.
Distribution:
Brunei,
Indonesia
(Anambas Islands,
Bali,
Java,
Kalimantan,
Riau Islands,
Sulawesi,
Sumatra),
Malaysia
(Sabah,
Sarawak).
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Amyda ornata

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Black-rayed Softshell Turtle, Southeast Asian Softshell Turtle, (Malayan Softshell Turtle)
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Gewöhnliche Knorpel-Weichschildkröte
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Sortstrålet Blødskildpadde
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1861 |  |
Trionyx ornatus Gray |
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Aspilus ornatus Gray 1864 |
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Ida ornata Gray 1873 |
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Amyda ornata Fritz, Gemel, Kehlmaier, Vamberger & Praschag 2014 |
1868 |  |
Trionyx phayrei Theobald |
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Aspidonectes phayrei Baur 1893 |
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Amyda ornata phayrei Fritz, Gemel, Kehlmaier, Vamberger & Praschag 2014 |
1889 |  |
Trionyx phayrii Boulenger [substitute name for Trionyx phayrei Theobald 1868] |
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Amyda phayrii Barbour 1912 |
2022 |  |
Amyda ornata jongli Praschag & Gemel |

Other common names:
ornata: Eastern Black-rayed Softshell Turtle
phayrei: Western Black-rayed Softshell Turtle
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of cartilaginea (e.g., Fritz & Havas 2006).
Revalidated as a separate species by Fritz, Gemel, Kehlmaier, Vamberger & Praschag (2014).
Listed for China by Bain & Hurley (2011, as cartilaginea), but reports (from Yunnan) most likely represent introductions (Auliya, Dijk, Moll & Meylan 2016).
Introduced to:
China
(Yunnan).
Distribution:
Bangladesh,
Cambodia,
India
(Assam,
Manipur,
Mizoram,
Tripura),
Laos,
Malaysia
(West Malaysia
[incl.
Langkawi Archipelago]),
Myanmar,
Thailand,
Vietnam.
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