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
Pelochelys
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Indomalayan Giant Softshell Turtles, Asian Giant Softshell Turtles
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Indomalaiische Weichschildkröten
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Indomalayiske Kæmpeblødskildpadder
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1864 |  |
Pelochelys Gray (type species: Pelochelys cantorii Gray 1864) |
Contents:
3 species, of which 2 (66.7%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Distribution:
S. Asia, Malay Archipelago.
Reported from:
Bangladesh,
Cambodia,
China
(Fujian,
Guangdong,
Guangxi,
Hainan,
Zhejiang),
India
(Kerala,
Mizoram,
Odisha,
Tamil Nadu,
West Bengal),
Indonesia
(Kalimantan,
Sumatra,
Western New Guinea),
Laos,
Malaysia
(Sabah,
West Malaysia),
Myanmar,
Papua New Guinea
(Eastern New Guinea),
Philippines
(Balabac,
Luzon,
Mindanao),
Thailand,
Vietnam.
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Pelochelys bibroni
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Southern Papuan Giant Softshell Turtle, Frog-headed Softshell Turtle, Antipa Turtle, Blunt-headed Giant Softshell Turtle
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Südpapuanische Riesen-Weichschildkröte
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Sydpapuansk Kæmpeblødskildpadde, (Malayisk Blødskildpadde)
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1853 | |
Trionyx bibroni Owen |
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Pelochelys bibronii Gray 1864 |
Remarks:
Previously included cantorii. Now restricted to southern New Guinea. Older records of bibroni from outside New Guinea refer to cantorii, and from northern New Guinea to signifera.
Distribution:
Indonesia
(Western New Guinea),
Papua New Guinea
(Eastern New Guinea).
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Pelochelys cantorii
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Asian Giant Softshell Turtle, Frog-faced Giant Softshell Turtle, (Cantor's Frog-faced Giant Softshell Turtle)
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Cantors Riesen-Weichschildkröte
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Asiatisk Kæmpeblødskildpadde
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1864 | |
Pelochelys cantorii Gray |
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1864 | |
Pelochelys cumingii Gray (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Chitra indica var. cumingi Boettger 1886 |
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1890 | |
Pelochelys poljakowii Strauch (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
Remarks:
After years in the synonymy of bibroni, cantorii was revalidated by Webb (1995).
Present in the past, but not confirmed recently from Singapore (Baker & Lim 2008).
Until recently, the only reliable record from the Philippines was from Balabac (Webb 2002), although the presence in this island has not been confirmed recently,
however, it has subsequently been found in other islands (Diesmos, Brown, Alcala & Sison 2008).
The single known record from Java refer to
Chitra chitra javanensis (Iskandar 2004), although this misidentification
has been perpetuated in the literature (e.g., Dijk, Iverson, Shaffer, Bour & Rhodin 2012).
Extinct in:
China
(Anhui),
Singapore.
Distribution:
Bangladesh,
Brunei,
Cambodia,
China
(Fujian,
Guangdong,
Guangxi,
Hainan,
Zhejiang),
India
(Kerala,
Mizoram,
Odisha,
Tamil Nadu,
West Bengal),
Indonesia
(Kalimantan,
Sumatra),
Laos,
Malaysia
(Sabah,
West Malaysia),
Myanmar,
Philippines
(Balabac,
Luzon,
Mindanao,
Palawan),
Thailand,
Vietnam.
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Pelochelys signifera
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Northern Papuan Giant Softshell Turtle, Variegated Giant Softshell Turtle
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Nordpapuanische Riesen-Weichschildkröte
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Nordpapuansk Kæmpeblødskildpadde
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Pelochelys signifera Webb |
Distribution:
Indonesia
(Western New Guinea),
Papua New Guinea
(Eastern New Guinea).
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