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    The Asian giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys cantorii), also known commonly as Cantor's giant softshell turtle and the frog-faced softshell turtle, is...
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    Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei), also commonly known as the Red River giant softshell turtle, the Shanghai softshell turtle, the speckled...
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  • Giant softshell turtle may refer to the following: Asian giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys cantorii), or Cantor's giant softshell turtle New Guinea giant...
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  • Leith's softshell turtle Wattle-necked softshell turtle Asian giant softshell turtle New Guinea giant softshell turtle Northern New Guinea giant softshell turtle...
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  • giant softshell turtle from Asia (Rafetus and Pelochelys) unverified to 200 kg (440 lb) and nearly 2 m (6 ft 7 in) in total length. The Yangtze giant...
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    Hanoi, Vietnam. Most experts classify this turtle as synonymous with the rare Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei), although some Vietnamese...
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    The Malayan softshell turtle (Dogania subplana) is a species of softshell turtle in the family Trionychidae. It is monotypic in its genus. It is found...
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    New Guinea.These turtles are also known as Giant softshell turtles. The species in this genus, while still being freshwater turtles as with all Trionychidae...
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  • The southern New Guinea giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys bibroni) is a species of softshell turtle in the family Trionychidae. The species is endemic...
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  • Walking catfish Ashy kukri snake Asian forest tortoise Asian giant softshell turtle Asian giant toad Asian grass lizard Asian water monitor Bengal monitor...
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    Wattle-necked softshell turtle (Palea steindachneri) - escapee Asian giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys cantorii) - indeterminate Chinese softshell turtle (Pelodiscus...
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    Leith's softshell turtle (Nilssonia leithii) is a species of turtle in the family Trionychidae. The species is found in peninsular Indian rivers including...
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    sequences of the green sea turtle and the Chinese softshell turtle, Zhuo Wang and colleagues (2013) concluded that turtles are likely a sister group of...
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    extant freshwater turtles, only the little-known giant softshell turtles of the genera Chitra, Rafetus, and Pelochelys, native to Asia, reach comparable...
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    Apalone (category Turtle genera)
    North America; they are the only living softshell turtles from the Americas (other American softshell turtles are only known from fossil remains). Most...
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    Rafetus (category Turtle genera)
    Rafetus is a genus of highly endangered softshell turtles in the family Trionychidae. It is a genus of large turtles which are found in freshwater habitats...
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    List of endangered animals in India (category Endangered biota of Asia)
    frog (Nyctibatrachus indraneili) Assam roofed turtle (Pangshura sylhetensis) Cantor's giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys cantorii) Tura bubble-nest frog...
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    Drazinderetes (category Prehistoric turtles of Asia)
    wandering into the sea is not unheard of in modern softshell turtles, notably the giant softshell turtle. The unusually large size suggested by some of the...
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    include among their species freshwater turtles, snapping turtles, tortoises, softshell turtles, and sea turtles. The Cryptodira are characterized by retraction...
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  • softshell turtle Nubian flapshell turtle Burmese peacock softshell Leith's softshell turtle Wattle-necked softshell turtle Cantor's giant softshell turtle...
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    through genome editing of the Asian elephant. The Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) is a softshell turtle endemic to China and Vietnam...
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    sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) Asian giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys cantorii) Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) Chinese water dragon...
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    List of reptiles of China (category Lists of reptiles of Asia)
    turtle (Palea steindachneri) Cantor's giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys cantorii) Hunan softshell turtle (Pelodiscus axenaria) Amur softshell turtle...
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  • List of reptiles of Japan (category Lists of reptiles of Asia)
    subspecies) (MoE: VU) Family: Trionychidae Genus: Pelodiscus Chinese softshell turtle, Pelodiscus sinensis VU IUCN  (MoE: DD) The Japanese names for the...
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  • punctata Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar Asian giant softshell turtle Pelochelys cantorii India (coasts), Malay peninsula, Indo-China...
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    turtle species are native to the Yellow River basin: the Chinese pond turtle and Chinese softshell turtle. Both species—but especially the softshell—are...
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  • Ivory-billed woodpecker Imperial woodpecker Christmas Island shrew Yangtze giant softshell turtle South China tiger Barbary lion Bornean rhinoceros Vaquita Fernandina...
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  • chameleon) Palea steindachneri (wattle-necked softshell turtle) Pelodiscus sinensis (Chinese softshell turtle) Trachemys scripta (red-eared slider) List...
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    swinhonis, Diploderma swinhonis, Rhabdophis swinhonis, and the Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei), a specimen of which John Edward Gray received...
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  • (November 2023). "A chromosome-level genome assembly of the Asian giant softshell turtle Pelochelys cantorii". Scientific Data. 10 (1): 754. Bibcode:2023NatSD...
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