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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)
subfamily.......Trionychinae (Common Softshell Turtles)
genus...............Rafetus (Bicallosite Softshell Turtles)
species
species list
R. euphraticus (Euphrates Softshell Turtle)
R. swinhoei (Shanghai Softshell Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Gray 1864a : 81
- Common Name
- Bicallosite Softshell Turtles
- Distribution
- Asia
- Comments
- Removed from the synonymy of Trionyx by Meylan (1987).
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