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Original
Description |
Anderson 1875 : 284 |
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Type
Locality |
"Tanks at Chittagong, Bengal" [Bangladesh] |
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Syntypes |
(2 specimens) ZSI 664; ZSI 1898 |
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Original name |
Trionyx nigricans |
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Common
name |
Black Softshell Turtle |
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Distribution |
Known only from a single enclosed pond at the type locality at the Islamic Saint Byazid Bastami Shrine at Nasirabad near Chittagong, Bangladesh. |
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Comments |
Reviewed by Smith (1931; as Trionyx nigricans), Groombridge (1982; as Trionyx nigricans), Meylan (1987), Ahsan and Saeed (1989), and Ahsan et al. (1991). |
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