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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)
subfamily.......Trionychinae (Common Softshell Turtles)
genus...............Pelochelys (Asian Giant Softshell Turtles)
species
species list
P. bibroni (Asian Giant Softshell Turtle)
P. cantori (Cantor's Giant Softshell Turtle)
Original Description
Gray 1864a : 89
Common Name
Asian Giant Softshell Turtles
Distribution
As for the single species
Comments
Reviewed by Meylan (1987).
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