Northern New Guinea giant softshell turtle

Northern New Guinea giant softshell turtle
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
	CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Trionychidae
Genus:	Pelochelys
Species:	P. signifera
Binomial name
	Pelochelys signifera; Webb, 2003
Synonyms
	Pelochelys signifera Webb, 2003;

The northern New Guinea giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys signifera) is a species of turtle found in the lowlands of northern New Guinea.^[4] South of the Central Range it is replaced by the closely related southern New Guinea giant softshell turtle (P. bibroni).^[4] It is threatened by overhunting and harvesting of eggs as well as significant habitat loss of aquatic vegetation due to introduced fish species such as the red-bellied pacu (Piaractus brachypomus).^[5]

References

^ Rhodin, A.G.J.; Richards, S.; Georges, A.; Amepou, Y.; Hamidy, A. (2018). "Pelochelys signifera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T170526A1316202. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T170526A1316202.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
^ Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 318. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755.
^ ^a ^b Webb, R.G. (2002). Observations on the Giant Softshell Turtle, Pelochelys cantorii, with description of a new species. Hamadryad 27 (1): 99-107.
^ Rhodin, A.G.J.; Richards, S.; Georges, A; Amepou, Y. & Hamdiy, A. (2020). "Pelochelys signifera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T170526A1316202. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T170526A1316202.en.