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Original
Description |
Owen 1853 : 185, 207 |
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Type
Locality |
"Australian" [in error] |
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Holotype |
RCSM 954-959 (skeletal parts) |
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Original name |
Trionyx (gymnopus) bibroni |
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Common
name |
Asian Giant Softshell Turtle |
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Distribution |
India to southern China (including Hainan Island) [PRC], the Malay peninsula, the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia and to New Guinea (Irian Jaya and Papua); may also occur along the coast of southwestern India (Webb, 1981; Moll and Vijaya, 1986). |
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Comments |
Reviewed by Smith (1931), Pope (1935), Bourret (1941), Meylan (1987), and Das (1991). |
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