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Palea steindachneri (SIEBENROCK, 1906)

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Higher TaxaTrionychidae (Trionychinae), Trionychoidea, Testudines (turtles)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Wattle-necked Soft-shelled Turtle
G: Nackendornen-Weichschildkröte
Chinese: 山瑞鳖 
SynonymTrionyx steindachneri SIEBENROCK 1906: 579
Trionyx steindachneri — SIEBENROCK 1907: 491
Amyda steindachneri — SCHMIDT 1927: 399
Palea steindachneri — MEYLAN 1987: 77
Trionyx steindachneri — ALDERTON 1988
Palea steindachneri — ERNST & BARBOUR 1989
Palea steindachneri — CROTHER 2000
Pelodiscus steindachneri — PRITCHARD 2001: 8
Palea steindachneri — ZIEGLER 2002: 159
Palea steindachneri — TTWG 2014
Palea steindachneri — TTWG 2021 
DistributionChina (from Kwangtung, Kwangsi, and Hainan Island southwestward, Yunnan [HR 31: 111]),
Vietnam,
USA (introduced to Hawaii on Kauai and Oahu); introduced to Mauritius (fide GLAW, pers. comm.)

Type locality: "Kau-Kong Fluss" (= Gaugong), Hainan Island, People's Republic of China  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: NMW 20373. 
Diagnosis 
CommentDistribution: It remains unclear whether the introduced population on Mauritius still exists.

Type species: Trionyx steindachneri SIEBENROCK 1906: 579 is the type species of the genus Palea MEYLAN 1987: 77.

Habitat: freshwater (rivers and tributaries, lakes) 
EtymologyNamed after Franz Steindachner (1834-1919), Austrian zoologist. Obituary in Pietschmann (1919). 
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