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Original
Description |
Schneider 1783 : 330 |
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Type
Locality |
Not stated; "Savannah and Altamaha rivers and ... rivers in east Florida" [USA] according to Garden (1772:268-271); restricted to "Georgia" by Boulenger (1889:259); further restricted to "Savannah river, Ga." by Baur (1893b:220); unnecessarily restricted to "East Florida" by Neill (1951:17); restriction corrected to "Savannah River", Georgia by Schwartz (1956b:8) |
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Holotype |
BMNH 1947.3.6.17 (formerly 53A) |
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Original name |
Testudo ferox |
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Common
name |
Florida Softshell Turtle |
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Distribution |
Southern South Carolina, southern Alabama and central Georgia to southern Florida, USA |
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Comments |
Reviewed by Webb (1962, 1973b; as Trionyx ferox) and Meylan (1987). Subgenus Platypeltis according to Meylan (1987:92). |
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