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The New Guinea giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys bibroni) is a species of softshell turtle in the Trionychidae family. It is referred to by the Suki people as kiya eise, a reference to its flexible shell. In the Arammba language, it is called sokrere, meaning "earthquake". It is sometimes hunted by local villages for its meat and/or eggs, leading to some cases of chelonitoxism.P.

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  • The New Guinea giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys bibroni) is a species of softshell turtle in the Trionychidae family. It is referred to by the Suki people as kiya eise, a reference to its flexible shell. In the Arammba language, it is called sokrere, meaning "earthquake". It is sometimes hunted by local villages for its meat and/or eggs, leading to some cases of chelonitoxism.P.
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  • New Guinea giant softshell turtle
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  • VU
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  • IUCN2.3
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  • (ex errore)
  • (—M.A. Smith, 1930)
  • (Owen, 1853)
  • * Pelochelys bibroni
  • * Pelochelys bibronii (—Gray, 1864)
  • * Triinyx bibroni (— M.A. Smith, 1930)
  • * Trionyx (Gymnopus) bibroni
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