Trionychidae

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Noun1.Trionychidae - soft-shelled turtlesTrionychidae - soft-shelled turtles      
family Trionychidae
reptile family - a family of reptiles
order Chelonia, order Testudinata, order Testudines, Testudinata, Testudines, Chelonia - tortoises and turtles
pancake turtle, soft-shelled turtle - voracious aquatic turtle with a flat flexible shell covered by a leathery skin; can inflict painful bites
genus Trionyx, Trionyx - type genus of the Trionychidae
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Summary: Pobitora (Assam) [India] Sept 4 (ANI): With Assam being home to 20 species of freshwater turtles and tortoises out of 29 species present in India, about 70 hatchlings of the Black Softshell and Indian Softshell turtles which bred in the ponds of two temples in Assam have been released in the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary.
70 turtle hatchlings from two Assam temples released in Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary
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A female Yangtze giant softshell turtle died recently in China.
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The death of the last (known) female Yangtze giant softshell turtle, bringing extinction for the species as the three remaining males die out moves us, whereas the daily extinction of invertebrate species and plants, arguably far more fundamental and essential to the ecosystem passes unremarked.
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