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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)
subfamily.......Trionychinae (Common Softshell Turtles)
genus...............Aspideretes (Indian Softshell Turtles)
species
species list
A. gangeticus (Indian Softshell Turtle)
A. hurum (Indian Peacock Softshell Turtle)
A. leithii (Leith's Softshell Turtle)
A. nigricans (Black Softshell Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Hay 1904 : 274
- Common Name
- Indian Softshell Turtles
- Distribution
- India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh
- Comments
- Removed from the synonymy of Trionyx by Meylan (1987).
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