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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)
subfamily.......Trionychinae (Common Softshell Turtles)
genus
species
genera list
Amyda (Asiatic Softshell Turtles)
Apalone (North American Softshell Turtles)
Aspideretes (Indian Softshell Turtles)
Chitra (Narrow-headed Softshell Turtles)
Dogania (Malayan Softshell Turtles)
Nilssonia (Burmese Peacock Softshell Turtles)
Palea (Wattle-necked Softshell Turtles)
Pelochelys (Asian Giant Softshell Turtles)
Pelodiscus (Chinese Softshell Turtles)
Rafetus (Bicallosite Softshell Turtles)
Trionyx (African Softshell Turtles)
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- Original Description
- Lydekker 1889 : 4
- Original name
- None
- Common Name
- Common Softshell Turtles
- Distribution
- As for the family, except for extreme southern India and Sri Lanka
- Comments
- Reviewed by Smith and Smith (1979) and Meylan (1987). Generic names follow Meylan (1987) despite the disagreement of Kizirian and Webb (1990) and Webb (1990b).
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