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.sinensis, and unnamed genetic lineages). Morphologically, P.variegatus is characterized, among others, by its strong ventral ornamentation in all age classes.
- Publication:
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ZooKeys
- Pub Date:
- February 2019
- DOI:
- 10.3897/zookeys.824.31376
- Bibcode:
- 2019ZooK..824...71F