Wattle-necked softshell turtle: Difference between revisions

Wattle-necked softshell turtle
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Order:	Testudines
Family:	Trionychidae
Genus:	Palea
Species:	P. steindachneri
Binomial name
	Palea steindachneri; Wiegmann, 1835

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The Wattle-necked softshell turtle is a turtle from the genus Palea.^[1] The adults are brownish-green and have large webbed feet and a long nose which helps them breathe. It is native to China and Vietnam, but has also been introduced to Hawaii and Mauritius.

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^ Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy and Synonymy, December 2010.

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[1] Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy and Synonymy, December 2010.

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 The '''Wattle-necked softshell turtle''' is a turtle from the genus ''Palea''.<ref>[http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/file/Accounts/crm_5_000_checklist_v3_2010.pdf Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy and Synonymy, December 2010.]</ref>
-The adults are brownish-green and have large webbed feet and a long nose which helps them breathe. It lives in China, Hawaii, Mauritius, Vietnam.'''
+The adults are brownish-green and have large webbed feet and a long nose which helps them breathe. It is native to [[China]] and [[Vietnam]], but has also been [[Introduced species|introduced]] to [[Hawaii]] and [[Mauritius]].'''
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