Rafetus

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Rafetus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Testudines
Family: Trionychidae
Genus: Rafetus
Species

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Rafetus is a genus of highly endangered softshell turtles in the Trionychidae family. It contains the following species:

Rafetus leloii (the Hoan Kiem turtle) is a proposed species that is no longer regarded as a valid taxon; it is now considered a junior synonym of Rafetus swinhoei.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Farkas, B and Webb, R.G. 2003. Rafetus leloii Hà Dinh Dúc, 2000—an invalid species of softshell turtle from Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi, Vietnam (Reptilia, Testudines, Trionychidae). Zool. Abhandl. (Dresden), 53: 107-112.
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