Pelodiscus maackii (Brandt, 1858) is a animal in the Trionychidae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Pelodiscus maackii (Brandt, 1858)
Pelodiscus maackii is an aquatic turtle found across parts of Northeast Asia, reaching a maximum carapace length of 32.5 cm.
Identify with AI — OfflinePelodiscus maackii is an aquatic soft-shell turtle species.
Adult individuals can reach a maximum straight carapace length of 32.5 centimeters, which equals 1.1 feet.
This species is distributed across the Russian Far East, northeastern China, Korea, and Japan.
Researchers think it is possible that the wild populations found in Japan originate from ancient human introductions.
Photo: (c) Alan Broderick, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Alan Broderick · cc-by-nc
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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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