Asian Giant Softshell Turtle

Taxobox
name = Asian Giant Softshell Turtle
status = VU | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Testudines
familia = Trionychidae
genus = "Pelochelys"
species = "P. bibroni"
binomial = "Pelochelys bibroni"
binomial_authority = Owen, 1853
synonyms = The Asian Giant Softshell Turtle ("Pelochelys bibroni") is a species of softshell turtle in the Trionychidae family.It may be found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. It is the second largest species of freshwater turtle, surpassed in size only by Pelochelys cantorii.

References

* Asian Turtle Trade Working Group 2000. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/16503/all Pelochelys bibroni] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 09 July 2007.