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Wattle-necked Softshell
Palea steindachneri (Siebenrock, 1906)

Current SSAR Comments:
Native to southeastern China and northern Vietnam. It was introduced in California (Bury and Luckenbach, 1976, Biological Conservation 10: 1–14) and is established in marshes and canals in Kaua'i and Oah'u, Hawai'i (McKeown and Webb, 1982, Journal of Herpetology 16: 107–111; McKeown, 1996, A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians in the Hawaiian Islands. Diamond Head Publishing, Incorporated, Los Osos, California).

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2023.09.06.08.59.22)
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First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
The Reptile Database
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Pertinent LIterature:
1906 Siebenrock, Friedrich. Zur Kenntnis der Schildkröten Fauna der Insel Hainan. [On the knowledge of the turtle fauna of Hainan Island.] Zoologischer Anzeiger [ Zoological Gazette] 30(17/18):578-586
1976 Bury, R. Bruce and Roger A. Luckenbach. Introduced amphibians and reptiles in California. Biological Conservation 10(1):1-14
1982 McKeown, Sean, and Robert G. Webb. Softshell turtles in Hawaii. Journal of Herpetology 16(2):107-111
1996 McKeown, Sean. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians in the Hawaiian Islands. Diamond Head Publishing, Inc., Los Osos, California. pp.

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