EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Aspideretes leithii
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)
subfamily.......Trionychinae (Common Softshell Turtles)
genus...............Aspideretes (Indian Softshell Turtles)
species..............Aspideretes leithii (Leith's Softshell Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Gray 1872c : 334
- Syntypes
- (2 specimens) BMNH 1947.3.4.15; BMNH 1947.3.6.7
- Type Locality
- "Poonah" [India]
- Original name
- Trionyx leithii
- Common Name
- Leith's Softshell Turtle
- Distribution
- Peninsular India
- Comments
- Reviewed by Smith (1931; as Trionyx leithi), Tikader and Sharma (1985; as Trionyx leithi), Meylan (1987), and Das (1991).
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