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
Pelodiscus
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East Asian Softshell Turtles
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Fernöstliche Weichschildkröten
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Østasiatiske Blødskildpadder
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1844 |  |
Pelodiscus Gray (type species: Trionyx sinensis Wiegmann 1835) |
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1869 | |
Landemania Gray (type species: Landemania irrorata Gray 1869; syn. Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1880 | |
Ceramopelta Heude (type species: Ceramopelta latirostris Heude 1880; syn. Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1880 | |
Cinctisternum Heude (type species: Cinctisternum bicinctum Heude 1880; syn. Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1880 | |
Coelognathus Heude [not Coelognathus Fitzinger 1843 (Serpentes); not Coelognathus Hessling 1852 (Acarina)] (type species: Coelognathus novem-costatus Heude 1880; syn. Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1880 | |
Coptopelta Heude (type species: Coptopelta septem-costata Heude 1880; syn. Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1880 | |
Gomphopelta Heude (type species: Gomphopelta officinae Heude 1880; syn. Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1880 | |
Psilognathus Heude (type species: Psilognathus laevis Heude 1880; syn. Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1880 | |
Temnognathus Heude (type species: Temnognathus mordax Heude 1880; syn. Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1880 | |
Tortisternum Heude (type species: Tortisternum novem-costatum Heude 1880; syn. Fritz & Havas 2006) |
Contents:
7 species, of which 3 (42.9%) is endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Previously included in
Trionyx (e.g., Wermuth & Mertens 1977). Fritz, Gong, Auer, Kuchling, Schneeweiss & Hundsdörfer (2010) found seven distinct genetic lineages within Pelodiscus, but the taxonomic and nomenclatural status of these is still unresolved, apart from axenaria, maackii, parviformis, and sinensis. The validity of these four species was supported by Stuckas & Fritz (2011).
Distribution:
E. Asia.
Reported from:
China
(Anhui,
Beijing,
Chongqing,
Fujian,
Gansu,
Guangdong,
Guangxi,
Guizhou,
Hainan,
Hebei,
Heilongjiang,
Henan,
Hong Kong,
Hubei,
Hunan,
Inner Mongolia,
Jiangsu,
Jiangxi,
Jilin,
Liaoning,
Macau,
Ningxia,
Shaanxi,
Shandong,
Shanxi,
Sichuan,
Yunnan,
Zhejiang),
Japan
(Honshu,
Kyushu),
Laos,
North Korea,
Russia,
South Korea,
Taiwan,
Vietnam.
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Pelodiscus axenaria
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Hunan Softshell Turtle
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Hunan-Weichschildkröte
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Hunan-blødskildpadde
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Trionyx axenaria Zhou, Zhang & Fang |
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Pelodiscus axenaria David 1994 |
Remarks:
Validity confirmed by Chen, Liu & Zhang (2005), Chen, Liu, Li & Zhang (2006), and Gong, Fritz, Vamberger, Gao & Farkas (2022).
Previously included the populations now assigned to huangshanensis and shipian.
Distribution:
China
(Guangdong,
Guangxi,
Hunan,
Jiangxi).
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Pelodiscus huangshanensis
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Huangshan Softshell Turtle
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Huangshan-Weichschildkröte
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Huangshan-blødskildpadde
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2021 | |
Pelodiscus huangshanensis Gong, Peng, Huang, Lin, Huang, Xu, Yang & Nie |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a population of axenaria.
Distribution:
China
(Anhui).
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Pelodiscus maackii
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Amur Softshell Turtle, Northern Chinese Softshell Turtle
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Amur-Weichschildkröte
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Amur-blødskildpadde
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1858 | |
Trionyx maackii Brandt |
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Amyda maackii Stejneger 1907 |
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Pelodiscus maackii David 1994 |
Remarks:
Validity as a separate species confirmed by Fritz, Gong, Auer, Kuchling, Schneeweiss & Hundsdörfer (2010).
Distribution:
China
(Heilongjiang,
Inner Mongolia,
Jilin,
Liaoning),
Japan
(Honshu,
Kyushu),
North Korea,
Russia,
South Korea.
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Pelodiscus parviformis
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Lesser Chinese Softshell Turtle
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Zwerg-Weichschildkröte
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Kinesisk Dværgblødskildpadde
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1997 | |
Pelodiscus parviformis Tang |
Remarks:
Validity of parviformis was supported by the molecular and morphological studies of Yang, Tang, Ding, Guo & Wang (2011).
Distribution:
China
(Guangxi,
Hunan).
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Pelodiscus shipian
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Chinese Stone Slab Soft-shelled Turtle
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Jiangxi-Weichschildkröte
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Jiangxi-dværgblødskildpadde
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2022 | |
Pelodiscus shipian Gong, Fritz, Vamberger, Gao & Farkas |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a population of axenaria (Gong, Fritz, Vamberger, Gao & Farkas 2022).
Distribution:
China
(Hunan,
Jiangxi).
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Pelodiscus sinensis
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Chinese Softshell Turtle
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Chinesische Weichschildkröte
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Kinesisk Blødskildpadde
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1787 | |
Testudo rostrata Thunberg [suppressed] (ICZN 1991: Opinion 1659; Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Emydes rostrata Brongniart 1805 |
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1804 | |
Testudo semimembranacea Hermann [rejected] (ICZN 1963: Opinion 660) |
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1835 | |
Trionyx sinensis Wiegmann 1835 |
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Pelodiscus sinensis Fitzinger 1843 |
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Amyda sinensis Stejneger 1907 |
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Pelodiscus sinensis sinensis Ferri 2002 |
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1835 | |
Trionyx stellatus var. japonica Temminck & Schlegel in Siebold (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Trionyx japonicus Temminck & Schlegel in Siebold 1835 |
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Amyda japonica Stejneger 1907 |
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Pelodiscus sinensis japonicus Joseph-Ouni 2004 |
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1842 | |
Trionyx tuberculatus Cantor (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Potamochelys tuberculatus Gray 1864 |
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Amyda tuberculata Schmidt 1927 |
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Trionyx sinensis tuberculatus Smith 1931 |
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Pelodiscus sinensis tuberculatus Ferri 2002 |
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1844 | |
Tyrse perocellata Gray (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Trionyx perocellatus Gray 1856 |
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Potamochelys perocellatus Gray 1864 |
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Landemania perocellata Gray 1869 |
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Gymnopus perocellatus David 1872 |
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1857 | |
Trionyx schlegelii Brandt (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Amyda schlegelii Stejneger 1907 |
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1869 | |
Landemania irrorata Gray (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1880 | |
Ceramopelta latirostris Heude (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1880 | |
Cinctisternum bicinctum Heude (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1880 | |
Coelognathus novem-costatus Heude (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Tortisternum novem-costatum Heude 1880 |
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1880 | |
Coptopelta septem-costata Heude (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1880 | |
Gomphopelta officinae Heude (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1880 | |
Psilognathus laevis Heude (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1880 | |
Temnognathus mordax Heude (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1880 | |
Tortisternum novem-costatum Heude (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1887 | |
Trionyx cartilagineus var. newtoni Bethencourt-Ferreira (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Trionyx sinensis newtoni Bethencourt-Ferreira 1897 |
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1932 | |
Amyda schlegelii haseri Pavlov (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1932 | |
Amyda schlegelii licenti Pavlov (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1933 | |
Amyda schlegelii var. laoshanica Pavlov (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
Remarks:
Records from Hainan refer to parviformis or variegatus (Farkas, Ziegler, Pham, Ong & Fritz 2019).
It is uncertain whether the species is indigenous to Laos, where it has recently been recorded (Teynié & David 2010).
Introduced to:
Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Brazil
(Para),
Croatia,
East Timor,
Guam,
Indonesia
(Kalimantan,
Sumatra,
West Timor),
Iran,
Japan
(Honshu,
Kyushu,
Shikoku,
Bonin Islands,
Ryukyu Islands
[incl.
Okinawa Islands,
Sakishima Islands,
Satsunan Islands]),
Laos,
Latvia,
Malaysia
(Sarawak,
West Malaysia),
Northern Mariana Islands,
Philippines
(Bohol,
Cebu,
Leyte,
Luzon,
Mindanao,
Mindoro,
Panay),
Singapore,
Slovenia,
South Africa
(Gauteng),
South Korea,
Spain,
Thailand,
USA
(Hawaii).
Distribution:
China
(Anhui,
Beijing,
Chongqing,
Fujian,
Gansu,
Guangdong,
Guangxi,
Guizhou,
Hebei,
Henan,
Hong Kong,
Hubei,
Hunan,
Inner Mongolia,
Jiangsu,
Jiangxi,
Macau,
Ningxia,
Shaanxi,
Shandong,
Shanxi,
Sichuan,
Tianjin,
Yunnan,
Zhejiang),
Taiwan,
Vietnam.
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Pelodiscus sinensis
© Rune Midtgaard
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Pelodiscus variegatus
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Large-spotted Softshell Turtle
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Grossflecken-Weichschildkröte
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Storplettet Blødskildpadde
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2019 | |
Pelodiscus variegatus Farkas, Ziegler, Pham, Ong & Fritz |
Distribution:
China
(Hainan),
Vietnam.
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