EMYSystem Text Only Genus Page: Pelodiscus
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)
subfamily.......Trionychinae (Common Softshell Turtles)
genus...............Pelodiscus (Chinese Softshell Turtles)
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P. sinensis (Chinese Softshell Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Fitzinger 1835 : 120
- Common Name
- Chinese Softshell Turtles
- Distribution
- As for the single species
- Comments
- Removed from the synonymy of Trionyx by Meylan (1987).
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