New Guinea giant softshell turtle

New Guinea giant softshell turtle
New Guinea giant softshell turtle
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Trionychidae
Genus: Pelochelys
Species: P. bibroni
Binomial name
Pelochelys bibroni
Owen, 1853

The New Guinea giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys bibroni) is a species of softshell turtle in the Trionychidae family.[1] It may be found in Australia, West Papua, (Indonesia), and Papua New Guinea. It is the second largest species of freshwater turtle, surpassed in size only by Pelochelys cantorii.

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