Southern New Guinea giant softshell turtle

"New Guinea giant softshell turtle" redirects here. For the species with a similar name, see Northern New Guinea giant softshell turtle.

Southern New Guinea giant softshell turtle
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Trionychidae
Genus: Pelochelys
Species:
P. bibroni
Binomial name
Pelochelys bibroni
(Owen, 1853)
Synonyms[3]
  • Trionyx (Gymnopus) bibroni
    Owen, 1853
  • Pelochelys bibronii [sic]
    Gray, 1864
    (ex errore)
  • Pelochelys bibroni
    — M.A. Smith, 1930
  • Triinyx bibroni
    — M.A. Smith, 1930

The southern New Guinea giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys bibroni) is a species of softshell turtle in the family Trionychidae. The species is endemic to the lowlands of southern New Guinea with occasional vagrant individuals sighted off the coast of northern Australia.[1][4] There is no confirmed Australian record.[1] P. bibroni is referred to by the Suki people as kiya eise, a reference to its flexible shell. In the Arammba language, it is called sokrere, meaning "earthquake".[5] It is sometimes hunted by local villages for its meat and/or eggs, leading to some cases of chelonitoxism.[6]

  1. ^ a b c Georges, A.; Rhodin, A.G.J.; Eisemberg, C. & Amepou, Y. (2020). "Pelochelys bibroni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T16503A1077288. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T16503A1077288.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 317. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755.
  4. ^ "Turtles of the World, 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status"., Rhodin AGJ, van Dijk PP, Iverson JB, Shaffer HB (2010).
  5. ^ Georges, Arthur; Guarino, Fiorenzo & Bito, Biatus (2006). "Freshwater turtles of the TransFly region of Papua New Guinea – notes on diversity, distribution, reproduction, harvest and trade". Wildlife Research. 33 (5): 373–384. doi:10.1071/WR05087.
  6. ^ Georges, Arthur; Alacs, Erika; Pauza, Matthew; Kinginapi, Felix; Ona, Amos & Eisemberg, Carla (2008). "Freshwater turtles of the Kikori Drainage, Papua New Guinea, with special reference to the pig-nosed turtle, Carettochelys insculpta". Wildlife Research. 35 (7): 700–711. doi:10.1071/WR07120.