Northern Chinese softshell turtle

Not to be confused with the Chinese softshell turtle or the lesser Chinese softshell turtle.
Pelodiscus maackii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Trionychidae
Subfamily: Trionychinae
Genus: Pelodiscus
Species: P. maackii
Binomial name
Pelodiscus maackii
(Brandt, 1857)
Synonyms [1]
  • Trionyx maackii
    Brandt, 1857
  • Amyda maackii
    Stejneger, 1907
  • Trionyx maachii
    Stanley, 1914 (ex errore)
  • Trionyx maaki
    Chkhikvadze, 1987 (ex errore)
  • Pelodiscus maackii
    — David, 1994

Pelodiscus maackii, commonly known as the Amur softshell turtle[2] or the northern Chinese softshell turtle, is a species of turtle found in the Russian Far East, northeastern China, and Korea.

Etymology

The specific name, maackii, is in honor of Russian naturalist Richard Maack.[2]

References

  1. Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology 57 (2): 318–319. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  2. 1 2 Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pelodiscus maackii, p. 164).

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