Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles):
countries with most species

© Rune Midtgaard
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*Countries with same number of species are ranked alphabetically
Rank* Country Species
No. 1
China
8
No. 2
India
8
No. 3
Myanmar
8
No. 4
Bangladesh
7
No. 5
Indonesia
6
No. 6
Vietnam
6
No. 7
Malaysia
5
No. 8
Thailand
5
No. 9
Cameroon
4
No. 10
Central African Republic
4
No. 11
Nepal
4
No. 12
Pakistan
4
No. 13
Benin
3
No. 14
Chad
3
No. 15
Ghana
3
No. 16
Laos
3
No. 17
Nigeria
3
No. 18
South Sudan
3
No. 19
Sudan
3
No. 20
Togo
3
No. 21
USA
3
No. 22
Angola
2
No. 23
Brunei
2
No. 24
Burkina Faso
2
No. 25
Cambodia
2
No. 26
Congo-Brazzaville
2
No. 27
Congo-Kinshasa
2
No. 28
Equatorial Guinea
2
No. 29
Ethiopia
2
No. 30
Gabon
2
No. 31
Gambia
2
No. 32
Guinea-Bissau
2
No. 33
Ivory Coast
2
No. 34
Liberia
2
No. 35
Mali
2
No. 36
Mexico
2
No. 37
Niger
2
No. 38
Papua New Guinea
2
No. 39
Philippines
2
No. 40
Senegal
2
No. 41
Sierra Leone
2
No. 42
Singapore
2
No. 43
Syria
2
No. 44
Turkey
2
No. 45
Afghanistan
1
No. 46
Canada
1
No. 47
Egypt
1
No. 48
Eritrea
1
No. 49
Greece
1
No. 50
Guinea
1
No. 51
Iran
1
No. 52
Iraq
1
No. 53
Israel
1
No. 54
Japan
1
No. 55
Kenya
1
No. 56
Lebanon
1
No. 57
Malawi
1
No. 58
Mauritania
1
No. 59
Mozambique
1
No. 60
Namibia
1
No. 61
North Korea
1
No. 62
Russia
1
No. 63
Somalia
1
No. 64
South Korea
1
No. 65
Sri Lanka
1
No. 66
Taiwan
1
No. 67
Tanzania
1
No. 68
Uganda
1
No. 69
Zambia
1
No. 70
Zimbabwe
1