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African softshell turtle

species of reptile
Taxon taxon Q739984

Facts

10 properties
Instance of
taxon
Short name
T. triunguis[5]
CITES Appendix
Appendix II of CITES[7]
Diel cycle
nocturnal[9]
IUCN conservation status
vulnerable[2]
Litter size
+55[8]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Invasion Biology[6]
Parent taxon
Trionyx[3]
Taxon name
Trionyx triunguis[4]
Taxon rank
species[1]
🏷️ Also known as
en Trionyx triunguis en African softshell turtle ar سلحفاة مائية مصرية cs kožnatka africká de Nil-Weichschildkröte de Afrikanische Weichschildkröte de Trionyx triunguis fr Trionyx labiatus fr Trionyx mortoni fr Trionyx niloticus fr Trionyx triunguis rudolfianus fr Tyrse fr Testudo triunguis fr Aspidonectes fr Aspidonectes aspilus fr Fordia fr Fordia africana fr Tortue molle du Nil fr Trionyx egyptiacus he צב רך מצוי
🔖 Identifiers · 28
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Trionyx triunguis Zoo Rostock 15-08-2008 083.jpg ↗
ADW taxon ID
Trionyx
BOLD Systems taxon ID
247017
CAB ID
282855
CITES Species+ ID
8781
CalPhotos taxon ID
Trionyx+triunguis
Catalogue of Life ID
58WKP
EUNIS ID for species
8635
Encyclopedia of Life ID
46559486
Fossilworks taxon ID
54273
Freebase ID
/m/0g541d9
GBIF taxon ID
5960976
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INaturalist taxon ID
39553
IRMNG ID
10362529
ITIS TSN
551876
IUCN taxon ID
62256
Invasive Species Compendium Datasheet ID
117656
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2776747709
NBN System Key
NHMSYS0000375803
NCBI taxonomy ID
101491
OBIS ID
397354
Observation.org taxon ID
81484
Open Tree of Life ID
598954
SeaLifeBase ID
67571
The Reptile Database ID
genus=Trionyx&species=triunguis
UMLS CUI
C1046822
WoRMS-ID for taxa
397354
Yale LUX ID
concept/d3ad07ef-ac7d-4ac8-9700-062d9ef7e873

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🔗 Connections
IUCN conservation status 1
vulnerable
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Trionyx
Taxon rank 1
species
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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . Species+. wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Turtles and Tortoises Demographic Traits Database for CITES Listed Species ver. 01. wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . Out of the dark: 350 million years of conservatism and evolution in diel activity patterns in vertebrates. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Litter size → {'amount': '+55'}
    Parent taxon → Trionyx
    Instance of → taxon
    IUCN conservation status → vulnerable
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