The world's economically most important chelonians represent a diverse species complex (Testudines:
Trionychidae: Pelodiscus).
Family
Trionychidae.--The eastern spiny softshell turtle (Apalone spinifera, ISUVC #4108) was the only trionychid we found.
These include a single species of snapping turtle (Chelydridae), two softshell turtles (
Trionychidae) and four pond turtles (Emydidae).
NNEX 2 SYSTEMATIC LIST OF REPTILE SPECIES: DANAU SENTARUM NATIONAL PARK AND NEAR-CATCHMENT SURROUNDS TESTUDINES ORDER/ Local FAMILY/ Name Species (i) (Lan- guage) (ii) TESTUDINIDAE Manouria emys Baning (I) EMYDIDAE Orlitia borneensis Biuku (I) Siebenrockiella crassiscollis Kura-kura Jaung (I) Cuora amboinensis Kura-kura Tambit (I) Cyclemys dentata Kura-Kura Air (I) Hoesemys spinosa Kura-kura Umung (I) Malayemys subtrijuga - Pyxidae mouhottii -
TRIONYCHIDAE Amyda cartilagenea Labi-labi Sungai Dogania subplana Labi-labi Hitam Pelochelys bibroni Labi-labi Kuning Chitra indica Labi-labi Besar Trionyx gangeticus CROCODYLIA CROCODILIDEA Crocodylus raninus Buaya Kodok Crocodylus porosus Buaya Rabin Tomistoma schlegeli Buaya Sinyulong SAURIA AGAMIDAE Draco sp.
Otherwise, disarticulation patterns of the rest of the shell varied among the three families of turtles (Emydidae, Testudinidae,
Trionychidae), although the patterns within each family were similar.
Cheloniidae, Dermochelyidae, Emydidae, Testudinidae,
Trionychidae, Crocodylidae, Gavialidae, Agamidae, Chameleonidae, Eublepharidae, Gekkonidae, Lacertidae, Scincidae, Uromastycidae, Varanidae, Leptotyphlopidae, Typhlopidae, Boidae, Colubridae, Elapidae, Hydrophiidae, Viperidae and Crotalidae (Khan, 2004, 2006).
(2005) A
Trionychidae (Reptilia: Testudines, Cryptodira) from the Pliocene of Costa Rica, Southern Central America.
Trionychidae Apalone ferox Other turtles including Pseudemys and Sternotherus.
ornata (Agassiz), ornate NW, SW box turtle Trachemys scripta (Schoepff), S, W red-eared turtle Family
Trionychidae (softshell turtles) Apalone mutica LeSueur, smooth softshell W, S A.
Of all the freshwater turtles and tortoises that are consumed, softshells (Family
Trionychidae) are considered the best, due to the low bone-to-body ratio and the larger proportions of cartilage and gelatinous skin.
The testudines is represented by the families
Trionychidae and Geomydidae in the park.
Trionyx, a modern genus of the family
Trionychidae; a small crocodilian is also represented.
