Wattle-necked softshell turtle

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Species of turtle

title: "Wattle-necked softshell turtle" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["palea-(genus)", "reptiles-of-china", "reptiles-of-laos", "reptiles-of-vietnam", "reptiles-of-hawaii", "reptiles-of-mauritius", "reptiles-described-in-1906", "critically-endangered-fauna-of-china"] description: "Species of turtle" topic_path: "geography/china" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wattle-necked_softshell_turtle" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Species of turtle ::

| image = Palea steindachneri.jpeg | image2 = Palea steindachneri 13673214.jpg | status = CR | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = | status2 = CITES_A2 | status2_system = CITES | status2_ref = | display_parents = 2 | genus = Palea | parent_authority = Meylan, 1987 | species = steindachneri | authority = (Siebenrock, 1906) | synonyms = {{collapsible list|bullets = true|title=List |Aspidonectes californiana Rivers, 1889 (nomen suppressum) |Pelodiscus californianus — Baur, 1893 |Aspidonectes californiensis [sic] O.P. Hay, 1904 (ex errore) |Trionyx steindachneri Siebenrock, 1906 (nomen conservandum) |Amyda steindachneri — K.P. Schmidt, 1927 |Palea steindachneri — Meylan, 1987 |Trionix steindachneri — Richard, 1999 |Pelodiscus steindachneri — Pritchard, 2001 |Palea steindachneri — Ziegler, 2002 | synonyms_ref = The wattle-necked softshell turtle (Palea steindachneri), also commonly known as Steindachner's soft-shelled turtle,

Description

P. steindachneri exhibits sexual dimorphism. Females of this freshwater turtle reach up to 44.5 cm in straight carapace length, while males only reach up to 36 cm. However, males have a longer tail than the females. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Palea_steindachneri_181507388.jpg" caption="In [[Hong Kong"] ::

Etymology

The specific name, steindachneri, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Franz Steindachner.

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.

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.

References

Fong, J.. (2021). "''Palea steindachneri''".
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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).
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