Wattle-necked softshell turtle

{{Short description|Species of turtle}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = Palea steindachneri.jpeg

| image2 = Palea steindachneri 13673214.jpg

| status = CR

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Fong, J. |author2=Hoang, H. |author3=Li, P. |author4=McCormack, T. |author5=Rao, D.-Q. |author6=Timmins, R.J. |author7=Wang, L. |date=2021 |title=Palea steindachneri |volume=2021 |page=e.T15918A794203 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T15918A794203.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

| status2 = CITES_A2

| status2_system = CITES

| status2_ref = {{Cite web|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|url=https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date=2022-01-14|website=cites.org}}

| display_parents = 2

| genus = Palea

| parent_authority = Meylan, 1987

| species = steindachneri

| authority = (Siebenrock, 1906)

| synonyms = {{collapsible list|bullets = true|title=List

|Aspidonectes californiana
{{small|Rivers, 1889}}
(nomen suppressum)

|Pelodiscus californianus
{{small|— Baur, 1893}}

|Aspidonectes californiensis [sic]
{{small|O.P. Hay, 1904}}
(ex errore)

|Trionyx steindachneri
{{small|Siebenrock, 1906}}
(nomen conservandum)

|Amyda steindachneri
{{small|— K.P. Schmidt, 1927}}

|Palea steindachneri
{{small|— Meylan, 1987}}

|Trionix steindachneri
{{small|— Richard, 1999}}

|Pelodiscus steindachneri
{{small|— Pritchard, 2001}}

|Palea steindachneri
{{small|— Ziegler, 2002}}

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| synonyms_ref = {{cite journal|journal=Vertebrate Zoology|title=Checklist of Chelonians of the World|year=2007|first=Uwe|last=Fritz|author2=Havaš, Peter|volume=57|issue=2|pages=149–368 |doi=10.3897/vz.57.e30895 |doi-access=free |url=http://www.cnah.org/pdf_files/851.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501060224/http://www.cnah.org/pdf_files/851.pdf|archive-date=2011-05-01}}{{EMBL species|genus=Palea|species=steindachneri}} www.reptile-database.org.

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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.{{cite journal|url = http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/file/Accounts/crm_5_000_checklist_v4_2011.pdf|title=Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status|journal=Chelonian Research Monographs|volume=5|date=2011-12-31|author1=Rhodin, Anders G.J.|author2=van Dijk, Peter Paul|author3=Iverson, John B.|author4=Shaffer, H. Bradley|author5=Bour, Roger|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131102839/http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/file/Accounts/crm_5_000_checklist_v4_2011.pdf|url-status = live|archive-date=2012-01-31}}