EMYSystem Text Only Genus Page: Erymnochelys
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Podocnemidae ()
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Erymnochelys (Madagascan Big-headed Turtles)
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E. madagascariensis (Madagascan Big-headed Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Baur 1888b : 421
- Common Name
- Madagascan Big-headed Turtles
- Distribution
- As for the single species
- Comments
- Frair et al. (1978) reviewed the evidence for the removal of this genus from the synonymy of Podocnemis.
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