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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)
subfamily.......Trionychinae (Common Softshell Turtles)
genus...............Amyda (Asiatic Softshell Turtles)
species
species list
A. cartilaginea (Asiatic Softshell Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Geoffrey Saint-Hilaire 1809a : 15
- Common Name
- Asiatic Softshell Turtles
- Distribution
- As for the single species
- Comments
- Removed from the synonymy of Trionyx by Meylan (1987).
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