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The last-known female Yangtze giant softshell turtle has died in a zoo in Suzhou, China. Rare turtle dies, leaving only 3 left in existence Skip to main content
The Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei), also commonly known as the Red River giant softshell turtle, the Shanghai softshell turtle, the speckled softshell turtle, and Swinhoe's softshell turtle, is a critically endangered species of turtle in the family Trionychidae. It is regarded as one of the largest living freshwater turtle ...
Rafetus euphraticus (Daudin, 1801) – Euphrates softshell turtle Rafetus swinhoei ( Gray , 1873) – Yangtze giant softshell turtle A possible third species, Rafetus leloii Hà, 2000 ( synonym R. vietnamensis Le et al. , 2010 ), known commonly as the Hoan Kiem turtle , has been proposed as a species.
While shooting footage for Season 2 at Dong Mo Lake in Vietnam in 2019, the team, along with members of the Asian Turtle Program (ATP), captured footage of a Yangtze giant softshell turtle, a functionally extinct species with only three known surviving individuals, surfacing from the lake for a brief period. Although efforts to bring a ...
One of the final two remaining wild turtles at Dong Mo Lake in Son Tay, Vietnam. The Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) is a softshell turtle endemic to China and Vietnam and is possibly the largest living freshwater turtle.
Hundreds of dead, vulnerable sea turtles washed up on South Asian beaches last week near the city of Chennai, India. These turtles were identified as olive ridley turtles, an endangered species ...
Giant softshell turtle may refer to the following: Asian giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys cantorii), or Cantor's giant softshell turtle; New Guinea giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys bibroni) Northern New Guinea giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys signifera) Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) Pelochelys, the genus of giant ...
Adorable Pig Cheers Up Residents at Senior Home Every Day When maintenance manager Brett Martin at Good Samaritan Society senior living facility in Olathe, Kansas, brought his pet pig, Odin, into ...