Pelodiscus axenaria (ZHOU, ZHANG & FANG, 1991)
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Higher Taxa | Trionychidae (Trionychinae), Trionychoidea, Testudines (turtles) |
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Common Names | E: Hunan Softshell Turtle Chinese: 砂鳖 |
Synonym | Trionyx axenaria ZHOU et al. 1991 Pelodiscus axenaria — ZHOU & LI 2007 Pelodiscus axenaria — FRITZ & HAVAS 2007 |
Distribution | China (Hunan) Type locality: Taoyuan, Pingjiang, Rucheng, Lingling, Shaoyang counties, Hunan Province, China. |
Reproduction | oviparous. |
Types | Holotype: nondesignated (PP van Dijk, pers. comm. 9 June 2014). |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: The diagnostic morphological features of adults of all five Pelodiscus species are summarized in Table 4 in FARKAS et al. 2019: 78. |
Comment | Synonymy: ZHAO (1997) believes that Pelodiscus (= Trionyx) axenaria ZHOU et al. (1991) is a juvenile form of P. sinensis (see also FRITZ & OBST 1999). Habitat: freshwater (rivers and tributaries, swamps) Distribution: see map in Farkas et al. 2019: 82 (Fig. 6). |
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