Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles):
countries with most species

© Rune Midtgaard
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*Countries with same number of species are ranked alphabetically
Rank* Country Species
No. 1
China
 8
No. 2
India
 8
No. 3
Myanmar
 8
No. 4
Bangladesh
 7
No. 5
Indonesia
 6
No. 6
Vietnam
 6
No. 7
Malaysia
 5
No. 8
Thailand
 5
No. 9
Cameroon
 4
No. 10
Central African Republic
 4
No. 11
Nepal
 4
No. 12
Pakistan
 4
No. 13
Benin
 3
No. 14
Chad
 3
No. 15
Ghana
 3
No. 16
Laos
 3
No. 17
Nigeria
 3
No. 18
South Sudan
 3
No. 19
Sudan
 3
No. 20
Togo
 3
No. 21
USA
 3
No. 22
Angola
 2
No. 23
Brunei
 2
No. 24
Burkina Faso
 2
No. 25
Cambodia
 2
No. 26
Congo-Brazzaville
 2
No. 27
Congo-Kinshasa
 2
No. 28
Equatorial Guinea
 2
No. 29
Ethiopia
 2
No. 30
Gabon
 2
No. 31
Gambia
 2
No. 32
Guinea-Bissau
 2
No. 33
Ivory Coast
 2
No. 34
Liberia
 2
No. 35
Mali
 2
No. 36
Mexico
 2
No. 37
Niger
 2
No. 38
Papua New Guinea
 2
No. 39
Philippines
 2
No. 40
Senegal
 2
No. 41
Sierra Leone
 2
No. 42
Singapore
 2
No. 43
Syria
 2
No. 44
Turkey
 2
No. 45
Afghanistan
 1
No. 46
Canada
 1
No. 47
Egypt
 1
No. 48
Eritrea
 1
No. 49
Greece
 1
No. 50
Guinea
 1
No. 51
Iran
 1
No. 52
Iraq
 1
No. 53
Israel
 1
No. 54
Japan
 1
No. 55
Kenya
 1
No. 56
Lebanon
 1
No. 57
Malawi
 1
No. 58
Mauritania
 1
No. 59
Mozambique
 1
No. 60
Namibia
 1
No. 61
North Korea
 1
No. 62
Russia
 1
No. 63
Somalia
 1
No. 64
South Korea
 1
No. 65
Sri Lanka
 1
No. 66
Taiwan
 1
No. 67
Tanzania
 1
No. 68
Uganda
 1
No. 69
Zambia
 1
No. 70
Zimbabwe
 1