Wattle-necked softshell turtle  (Palea steindachneri)

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Glossary

Amphibians: Cold-blooded vertebrates of the class Amphibia, such as frogs or salamanders, which characteristically hatch as aquatic larvae with gills. The larvae then transform into adults with air-breathing lungs.
Carnivorous: Flesh-eating.
Molluscs: A diverse group of invertebrates, mainly marine, that have one or all of the following; a horny, toothed ribbon in the mouth (the radula), a shell covering the upper surface of the body, and a mantle or mantle cavity with a type of gill. Includes snails, slugs, shellfish, octopuses and squid.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (April, 2007)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. Jenkins, M.D. (1995) Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles: the Trade in Southeast Asia. TRAFFIC International, Cambridge, UK.
  3. CITES (June, 2008)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. Halliday, T. and Adler, K. (2002) The New Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  5. Ernst, C.H., Altenburg, R.G.M. and Barbour, R.W. (1997) Turtles of the World. ETI Information Systems Ltd, Netherlands.
  6. Haitao, S., Parham, J.F., Zhiyong, F., Meiling, H. and Feng, Y. (2008) Evidence for the massive scale of turtle farming in China. Oryx, 42 (1): 147 - 150.