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Kim Qui

Rafetus swinhoei (Gray, 1873)

Status not recordedturtles and tortoises

The kim qui (Rafetus swinhoei) is a species in the family Trionychidae, order Testudines.

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Quick facts about the kim qui

Weight
up to 78.7 kg
Length
up to 1 m
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
20 – 80
Reproduction
Eggs
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the kim qui live?

Not recorded

Is the kim qui endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the kim qui classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderTestudines
  5. familyTrionychidae
  6. genusRafetus
  7. SpeciesRafetus swinhoei (Gray, 1873)

Synonyms Oscaria swinhoei, Pelochelys taihuensis, Rafetus hoankiemensis, Rafetus hoguomensis, Rafetus leloii, Rafetus vietnamensis, Trionyx liupani, Yuen elegans, Yuen maculatus

Other names and names in other languages (23)
  • Hoan Kiem turtleEnglish
  • Hoàn Kiếm turtleEnglish
  • Red river giant softshell turtleEnglish
  • Shanghai softshell turtleEnglish
  • Speckled softshell turtleEnglish
  • Swinhoe's softshell turtleEnglish
  • Swinhoe’s soft-shelled turtleEnglish
  • Yangtze giant softshell turtleEnglish
  • سلحفاة اليانغتسي لينة الدرقةArabic
  • kožnatka SwinhoeovaCzech
  • Jangtse-RiesenweichschildkröteGerman
  • Tortuga de caparazón blando de SwinhoeSpanish
  • Swinhoe-lágyhéjúteknősHungarian
  • シャンハイハナスッポンJapanese
  • żółwiak szanghajskiPolish
  • Tartaruga-de-casco-mole-do-YangtzePortuguese
  • ตะพาบยักษ์แยงซีเกียงThai
  • 金龜Vietnamese
  • 斑鳖Chinese
  • سلحفاة اليانغتسي العملاقة لينة الدرقةArabic
  • Rùa mai mềm Thượng HảiVietnamese
  • 斑鱉Chinese
  • 癩頭黿Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the kim qui

Other species in the same genus Rafetus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

What kind of animal is the kim qui?

The kim qui (Rafetus swinhoei) belongs to the family Trionychidae in the order Testudines.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Kim Qui (Rafetus swinhoei). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/kim-qui

MLA

“Kim Qui (Rafetus swinhoei).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/kim-qui.

BibTeX
@misc{kim_qui_2026,
  title = {Kim Qui (Rafetus swinhoei)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/kim-qui},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}