EMYSystem Text Only Genus Page: Platysternon
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Platysternidae (Big-headed Turtles)
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Platysternon (Big-headed Turtles)
species
species list
P. megacephalum (Big-headed Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Gray 1831c : 106
- Common Name
- Big-headed Turtles
- Distribution
- As for the single species
- Comments
- See species account.
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