A new species of Pelodiscus from northeastern Indochina (Testudines, Trionychidae)

Abstract. A new, critically endangered species of softshell turtle, Pelodiscusvariegatussp. n. is described from north-central Vietnam and Hainan Island, China, distinguished by a unique set of genetic and morphological traits from all other congeners (P.axenaria, P.maackii, P.parviformis, P.sinensi...

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Autores principales: Farkas, Balázs, Ziegler, Thomas, Pham, Cuong The, Ong, An Vinh, Fritz, Uwe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6382751/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30799973
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.824.31376
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Sumario:Abstract. A new, critically endangered species of softshell turtle, Pelodiscusvariegatussp. n. is described from north-central Vietnam and Hainan Island, China, distinguished by a unique set of genetic and morphological traits from all other congeners (P.axenaria, P.maackii, P.parviformis, P.sinensis, and unnamed genetic lineages). Morphologically, P.variegatus is characterized, among others, by its strong ventral ornamentation in all age classes.

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