Palea steindachneri

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis: Sarcopterygii
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Archelosauria
Division: Pan-Testudines
Division: Testudinata
Ordo: Testudines
Subordo: Cryptodira
Superfamilia: Trionychoidea

Familia: Trionychidae
Subfamilia: Trionychinae
Genus: Palea
Species: Palea steindachneri
Name

Palea steindachneri (Siebenrock, 1906)

Type locality: "Kau-Kong Fluss" (= Gaugong), Hainan Island, People's Republic of China.

Holotype: NMW, 20373.
Synonyms

Trionyx steindachneri Siebenrock, 1906: 579
Trionyx steindachneri — Alderton, 1988
Palea steindachneri — Ernst & Barbour, 1989
Palea steindachneri — Crother, 2000
Palea steindachneri — Ziegler, 2002: 159

References

IUCN: Palea steindachneri (Siebenrock, 1906) (Endangered)
Palea steindachneri at the New Reptile Database

Vernacular names
čeština: Kožnatka Steindachnerova
Deutsch: Nackendornen-Weichschildkröte
English: Wattle-necked softshell turtle, Wattle-necked Soft-shelled Turtle
Esperanto: Steindachnera trionikso
Nederlands: Halskwabweekschildpad
Tiếng Việt: Ba ba núi
中文: 山瑞鳖

The wattle-necked softshell turtle (Palea steindachneri), also commonly known as Steindachner's soft-shelled turtle,[6] is an endangered Asian species of softshell turtle in the family Trionychidae. The species is the only member of the genus Palea.[3]

Description

P. steindachneri exhibits sexual dimorphism. Females of this freshwater turtle reach up to 44.5 cm (17.5 in) in straight carapace length, while males only reach up to 36 cm (14 in). However, males have a longer tail than the females.[7]
Etymology

The specific name, steindachneri, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Franz Steindachner.[6]
Geographic range

P. steindachneri is native to southeastern China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Yunnan), Laos, and Vietnam, but has also been introduced to Hawaii and Mauritius.[3]
Threats

P. steindachneri is endangered by poaching for human consumption. Although pressure on the wild population continues, several thousand are hatched and raised each year on turtle farms in China and Vietnam for food and traditional medicine.[8][9]
References

Fong, J.; Hoang, H.; Li, P.; McCormack, T.; Rao, D.-Q.; Timmins, R.J.; Wang, L. (2021). "Palea steindachneri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T15918A794203. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T15918A794203.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Bour, Roger (2011-12-31). "Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status" (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-22.
Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17.
Species Palea steindachneri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011) The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Palea steindachneri, p. 252).
Ernst CH, Lovich JE (2009). Turtles of the United States and Canada (2 ed.). p. 636. ISBN 978-0-8018-9121-2.
Dharmananda, Subhuti, Endangered species issues affecting turtles and tortoises in Chinese medicine, Institute for Traditional Medicine, Portland, Oregon

"Raising trionychid turtles in Yen Bai", Vietnam in Photos, 2013-02-17