Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle
Rafetus swinhoei
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The Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) also known as the Red River giant softshell turtle, Shanghai softshell turtle, Swinhoe’s softshell turtle or speckled softshell turtle (Chinese: 斑鱉; Pinyin: bān bīe) is an extremely rare species of softshell turtle found in China. Only three living individuals are known, two in China and one in Vietnam, (a fourth having been reported dead in January 2016), and it is listed as critically endanger
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