Trionyx sinensis endemic to Khanka, Ussuri and Amur. From Wordnik.com. [Ussuri-Wusuli meadow and forest meadow] Reference
The African softshell turtle (Trionyx triunguis) was once found in the Delta but has been eradicated from Egypt. From Wordnik.com. [Nile Delta flooded savanna] Reference
Problem of reptile play: environmental enrichment and play behavior in a captive Nile soft-shelled turtle, Trionyx tringuis. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference
The mangroves provide habitat to the threatened West African manatee (Trichechus senegalensis, VU), the soft-skinned turtle (Trionyx triunguis), and in the Niger Delta, isolated populations of pygmy hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon liberiensis heslopi, VU). From Wordnik.com. [Central African mangroves] Reference
There are certain Chelonians, however -- "mud-tortoises" -- (of the genus Trionyx), which have the dorsal plates much less developed and not connected with the ventral plates save by means of soft structures. From Wordnik.com. [The Common Frog] Reference
Moreover this resemblance is still further increased by the fact that in Trionyx the bony plates are not covered with any tortoise-shell, but are merely invested by soft skin as in the genera of dorsally-shielded Batrachians. From Wordnik.com. [The Common Frog] Reference
Softshell, Eastern Spiny Trionyx spiniferus spiniferus. From Wordnik.com. [The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States] Reference
Trionyx. From Wordnik.com. [The Common Frog] Reference
Softshell, Spiny Trionyx spiniferus 94, 108, 132. From Wordnik.com. [The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States] Reference
A Mud-tortoise (Trionyx), showing the dorsal plates. From Wordnik.com. [The Common Frog] Reference
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