EMYSystem Text Only Subfamily Page: Cyclanorbinae
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)
subfamily.......Cyclanorbinae (Flapshell Softshell Turtles)
genus
species
genera list
Cyclanorbis (Sub-saharan Flapshell Turtles)
Cycloderma (Central African Flapshell Turtles)
Lissemys (Indian Flapshell Turtles)
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- Original Description
- Lydekker 1889 : 0
- Original name
- None
- Common Name
- Flapshell Softshell Turtles
- Distribution
- Africa and Pakistan to India and Burma
- Comments
- Reviewed by Meylan (1987). Phylogenetic relationships of fossil and living taxa are discussed by Meylan et al. (1990).
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