Sentence examples for softshell from inspiring English sources

It is that turtles pee through their mouths.The turtles in question are a species known as the Chinese softshell.

As with the softshell turtles, Asia has two of the largest species of pond turtles the Asian river turtle, or batagur (Batagur baska), and the painted terrapin (Callagur borneoensis)—with shell lengths to a half-metre (about 20 inches) and weights to 25 kg (55 pounds).

The softshell, musk, and mud turtles, meanwhile, will pursue many of the same small aquatic animals but with different preferences: the softshell hunts mainly fish and crayfish, the stinkpot eats mainly snails, insect larvae, and carrion, and the mud turtle primarily feeds on insects, mollusks, and carrion.

In the eastern United States and eastern Asia, several colubrid snake species, northern skinks (Plestiodon), glass lizards (Ophisaurus), and softshell turtles (Trionychidae) are common.

A few types of reptiles characteristic of the Asian tropics extend into the temperate zone such as several rear-fanged snakes (Boiga trigonata and Psammodynastes), some cobras of the genus Naja, several species of softshell turtles (Trionychidae), and some species of skinks and geckos.

For example, a small lake in Georgia may be home to at least seven turtle species: snapping turtles, red-eared sliders, eastern cooters, common mud turtles, loggerhead musk turtles, stinkpots (common musk turtles), and spiny softshell turtles.

The trionychine softshells are more biologically diverse.

All softshells are mainly carnivorous.

The 14 genera of softshells are divided into two evolutionary groups: the subfamily Cyclanorbinae of southern Asia, northeastern Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa; and the subfamily Trionychinae of southeastern North America, southern Asia, and Africa.

The cyclanorbine softshells are made up of two African genera (Cyclanorbis and Cycloderma) and a single genus (Lissemys) of Indian and Burman flap-shelled turtles.

On the other hand, their giant cousins, the narrow-headed softshells (genus Chitra) and the Asian giant softshells (genus Pelochelys), are inhabitants of large, deep rivers and attain shell lengths of over 1 metre (39 inches).