Pelochelys

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
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: Pelochelys
Species: P. bibroni - P. cantorii - P. signifera

Name

Pelochelys Gray, 1864
References

Georges, A.; Thomson, S. 2010: Diversity of Australasian freshwater turtles, with an annotated synonymy and keys to species. Zootaxa 2496: 1–37. Preview PDF Reference page.
Hoser, R. 2014: A review of the turtle genus Pelochelys Gray, 1864 (Trionychidae) including the division into two subgenera and the formal descriptions of two new species. Australasian journal of herpetology 22: 60–64. Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: Giant Soft-shelled Turtles
ไทย: ตะพาบหัวกบ

Pelochelys is a genus of very large softshell turtles in the family Trionychidae. They are found from peninsular India northeast to southern China, and south to Southeast Asia and New Guinea.

The species in this genus, while still being freshwater turtles as with all Trionychidae, are unique for having significant salt tolerance and regularly entering near-coastal marine habitats.[3]

Species

These three species are recognized as being valid:[4]

Pelochelys bibroni (Owen, 1853) – southern New Guinea giant softshell turtle[1]
Pelochelys cantorii Gray, 1864 – Cantor's giant softshell turtle[1]
Pelochelys signifera Webb, 2002 – northern New Guinea giant softshell turtle[1]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pelochelys.
References

Rhodin et al. 2011, pp. 000.207
Fritz & Havaš 2007, p. 317
Group, Asian Turtle Trade Working (2000-06-30). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Pelochelys cantorii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2021-05-07.

The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Works cited

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. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-01-22.
Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007-10-31). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2010-12-29. Retrieved 2010-12-29.