Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles):
countries and regions with most species

© Rune Midtgaard
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*Countries/regions with same number of species are ranked alphabetically
Rank* Country / region Species
No. 1
China
 8
No. 2
India
 8
No. 3
Myanmar
 8
No. 4
Bangladesh
 7
No. 5
Indonesia
 6
No. 6
Odisha [India]
 6
No. 7
Vietnam
 6
No. 8
West Bengal [India]
 6
No. 9
Assam [India]
 5
No. 10
Guangxi [China]
 5
No. 11
Madhya Pradesh [India]
 5
No. 12
Malaysia
 5
No. 13
Thailand
 5
No. 14
Andhra Pradesh [India]
 4
No. 15
Cameroon
 4
No. 16
Central African Republic
 4
No. 17
Haryana [India]
 4
No. 18
Jammu & Kashmir [India]
 4
No. 19
Kerala [India]
 4
No. 20
Maharashtra [India]
 4
No. 21
Nepal
 4
No. 22
Pakistan
 4
No. 23
Rajasthan [India]
 4
No. 24
Sumatra [Indonesia]
 4
No. 25
Tamil Nadu [India]
 4
No. 26
Uttar Pradesh [India]
 4
No. 27
West Malaysia [Malaysia]
 4
No. 28
Yunnan [China]
 4
No. 29
Alabama [USA]
 3
No. 30
Benin
 3
No. 31
Bihar [India]
 3
No. 32
Borneo [Brunei / Indonesia / Malaysia]
 3
No. 33
Chad
 3
No. 34
Florida [USA]
 3
No. 35
Georgia [USA]
 3
No. 36
Ghana
 3
No. 37
Guangdong [China]
 3
No. 38
Hunan [China]
 3
No. 39
Java [Indonesia]
 3
No. 40
Jharkhand [India]
 3
No. 41
Kalimantan [Indonesia]
 3
No. 42
Laos
 3
No. 43
Meghalaya [India]
 3
No. 44
Nigeria
 3
No. 45
Punjab [India]
 3
No. 46
Sabah [Malaysia]
 3
No. 47
South Sudan
 3
No. 48
Sudan
 3
No. 49
Togo
 3
No. 50
Tripura [India]
 3
No. 51
USA
 3
No. 52
Uttarakhand [India]
 3
No. 53
Zhejiang [China]
 3
No. 54
Angola
 2
No. 55
Arkansas [USA]
 2
No. 56
Arunachal Pradesh [India]
 2
No. 57
Brunei
 2
No. 58
Burkina Faso
 2
No. 59
Cabinda [Angola]
 2
No. 60
Cambodia
 2
No. 61
Chhattisgarh [India]
 2
No. 62
Coahuila [Mexico]
 2
No. 63
Congo-Brazzaville
 2
No. 64
Congo-Kinshasa
 2
No. 65
Delhi [India]
 2
No. 66
Eastern New Guinea [Papua New Guinea]
 2
No. 67
Equatorial Guinea
 2
No. 68
Ethiopia
 2
No. 69
Fujian [China]
 2
No. 70
Gabon
 2
No. 71
Gambia
 2
No. 72
Goa [India]
 2
No. 73
Guinea-Bissau
 2
No. 74
Guizhou [China]
 2
No. 75
Gujarat [India]
 2
No. 76
Hainan [China]
 2
No. 77
Illinois [USA]
 2
No. 78
Indiana [USA]
 2
No. 79
Inner Mongolia [China]
 2
No. 80
Iowa [USA]
 2
No. 81
Ivory Coast
 2
No. 82
Jiangsu [China]
 2
No. 83
Kansas [USA]
 2
No. 84
Karnataka [India]
 2
No. 85
Kentucky [USA]
 2
No. 86
Langkawi [Malaysia]
 2
No. 87
Langkawi Archipelago [Malaysia]
 2
No. 88
Liberia
 2
No. 89
Louisiana [USA]
 2
No. 90
Luzon [Philippines]
 2
No. 91
Mali
 2
No. 92
Manipur [India]
 2
No. 93
Mexico
 2
No. 94
Mindanao [Philippines]
 2
No. 95
Minnesota [USA]
 2
No. 96
Mississippi [USA]
 2
No. 97
Missouri [USA]
 2
No. 98
Mizoram [India]
 2
No. 99
Nebraska [USA]
 2
No. 100
New Guinea [Indonesia / Papua New Guinea]
 2
No. 101
New Mexico [USA]
 2
No. 102
Niger
 2
No. 103
North Dakota [USA]
 2
No. 104
Ohio [USA]
 2
No. 105
Oklahoma [USA]
 2
No. 106
Palawan [Philippines]
 2
No. 107
Papua New Guinea
 2
No. 108
Philippines
 2
No. 109
Rio Muni [Equatorial Guinea]
 2
No. 110
Sarawak [Malaysia]
 2
No. 111
Senegal
 2
No. 112
Sierra Leone
 2
No. 113
Singapore
 2
No. 114
South Carolina [USA]
 2
No. 115
South Dakota [USA]
 2
No. 116
Syria
 2
No. 117
Tennessee [USA]
 2
No. 118
Texas [USA]
 2
No. 119
Turkey
 2
No. 120
West Virginia [USA]
 2
No. 121
Western New Guinea [Indonesia]
 2
No. 122
Wisconsin [USA]
 2
No. 123
Aegean Islands [Greece]
 1
No. 124
Afghanistan
 1
No. 125
Anambas Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 126
Anhui [China]
 1
No. 127
Balabac [Philippines]
 1
No. 128
Bali [Indonesia]
 1
No. 129
Banyak Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 130
Beijing [China]
 1
No. 131
Bunguran [Indonesia]
 1
No. 132
Canada
 1
No. 133
Chihuahua [Mexico]
 1
No. 134
Chongqing [China]
 1
No. 135
Colorado [USA]
 1
No. 136
Dodecanese Islands [Greece]
 1
No. 137
Egypt
 1
No. 138
Eritrea
 1
No. 139
Gansu [China]
 1
No. 140
Greece
 1
No. 141
Guinea
 1
No. 142
Hebei [China]
 1
No. 143
Heilongjiang [China]
 1
No. 144
Henan [China]
 1
No. 145
Himachal Pradesh [India]
 1
No. 146
Hong Kong [China]
 1
No. 147
Honshu [Japan]
 1
No. 148
Hubei [China]
 1
No. 149
Iran
 1
No. 150
Iraq
 1
No. 151
Israel
 1
No. 152
Japan
 1
No. 153
Jiangxi [China]
 1
No. 154
Jilin [China]
 1
No. 155
Kenya
 1
No. 156
Kyushu [Japan]
 1
No. 157
Lebanon
 1
No. 158
Liaoning [China]
 1
No. 159
Lingga Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 160
Macau [China]
 1
No. 161
Malawi
 1
No. 162
Maryland [USA]
 1
No. 163
Mauritania
 1
No. 164
Michigan [USA]
 1
No. 165
Mindoro [Philippines]
 1
No. 166
Montana [USA]
 1
No. 167
Mozambique
 1
No. 168
Nagaland [India]
 1
No. 169
Namibia
 1
No. 170
Natuna Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 171
New York [USA]
 1
No. 172
Ningxia [China]
 1
No. 173
North Carolina [USA]
 1
No. 174
North Korea
 1
No. 175
Nuevo Leon [Mexico]
 1
No. 176
Ontario [Canada]
 1
No. 177
Pennsylvania [USA]
 1
No. 178
Quebec [Canada]
 1
No. 179
Rhodes [Greece]
 1
No. 180
Riau Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 181
Russia
 1
No. 182
San Luis Potosi [Mexico]
 1
No. 183
Seribuat Archipelago [Malaysia]
 1
No. 184
Shandong [China]
 1
No. 185
Shanghai [China]
 1
No. 186
Shanxi [China]
 1
No. 187
Shaanxi [China]
 1
No. 188
Sichuan [China]
 1
No. 189
Sikkim [India]
 1
No. 190
Sinai [Egypt]
 1
No. 191
Somalia
 1
No. 192
South Korea
 1
No. 193
Sri Lanka
 1
No. 194
Sulawesi [Indonesia]
 1
No. 195
Taiwan
 1
No. 196
Tamaulipas [Mexico]
 1
No. 197
Tanzania
 1
No. 198
Tioman [Malaysia]
 1
No. 199
Uganda
 1
No. 200
Vermont [USA]
 1
No. 201
Virginia [USA]
 1
No. 202
Wyoming [USA]
 1
No. 203
Zambia
 1
No. 204
Zimbabwe
 1