EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Pelochelys bibroni
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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..............Pelochelys bibroni (Asian Giant Softshell Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Owen 1853 : 185, 207
- Holotype
- RCSM 954-959 (skeletal parts)
- Type Locality
- "Australian" [in error]
- Original name
- Trionyx (gymnopus) bibroni
- Common Name
- Asian Giant Softshell Turtle
- Distribution
- India to southern China (including Hainan Island) [PRC], the Malay peninsula, the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia and to New Guinea (Irian Jaya and Papua); may also occur along the coast of southwestern India (Webb, 1981; Moll and Vijaya, 1986).
- Comments
- Reviewed by Smith (1931), Pope (1935), Bourret (1941), Meylan (1987), and Das (1991).
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