Wattle-necked softshell turtle

Wattle-necked softshell turtle
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
	CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Trionychidae
Subfamily:	Trionychinae
Genus:	Palea; Meylan, 1987
Species:	P. steindachneri
Binomial name
	Palea steindachneri; (Siebenrock, 1906)
Synonyms
	Aspidonectes californiana ; Rivers, 1889 ; (nomen suppressum); Pelodiscus californianus ; — Baur, 1893; Aspidonectes californiensis [sic] ; O.P. Hay, 1904 ; (ex errore); Trionyx steindachneri ; Siebenrock, 1906 ; (nomen conservandum); Amyda steindachneri ; — K.P. Schmidt, 1927; Palea steindachneri ; — Meylan, 1987; Trionix steindachneri ; — Richard, 1999; Pelodiscus steindachneri ; — Pritchard, 2001; Palea steindachneri ; — Ziegler, 2002;

The wattle-necked softshell turtle (Palea steindachneri), also commonly known as Steindachner's soft-shelled turtle, is an endangered Asian species of softshell turtle in the family Trionychidae. The species is the only member of the genus Palea.

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