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Original
Description |
Gray 1831a : 18 |
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Type
Locality |
"India, fl. Ganges, Penang [Malaysia]" according to Gray (1831b:47); "Ganges" according to Gray (1831 "1830-35":Plate 80); restricted to "Fatehgarh, Ganges [India]" by Smith (1931:162); not restricted by Webb (1980a) to "Barrackpore (about 23 kilometers north Calcutta)" as stated by King and Burke (1989:110). |
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Holotype |
Plate 80, Gray 1831 "1830-35". |
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Original name |
Trionyx indicus |
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Common
name |
Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle |
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Distribution |
Pakistan and India to Thailand |
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Comments |
Reviewed by Smith (1931), Bourret (1941), Taylor (1970), Webb (1980a), Tikader and Sharma (1985), Meylan (1987), and Das (1991). |
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