Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
 
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Genus
Lissemys
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South Asian Flapshell Turtles
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Indische Klappen-Weichschildkröten
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Asiatiske Klapblødskildpadder
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1831 |  |
Emyda Gray in Griffith [not Emyda Rafinesques 1815 (Testudines)] (type species: Testudo punctata Lacepede 1788; syn. Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1931 | |
Lissemys Smith [substitute name for Emyda Gray in Griffith 1831] |
Contents:
3 species, of which 1 (33.3%) is endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Distribution:
S. Asia.
Reported from:
Bangladesh,
India
(Andhra Pradesh,
Arunachal Pradesh,
Assam,
Bihar,
Chhattisgarh,
Delhi,
Goa,
Gujarat,
Haryana,
Himachal Pradesh,
Jammu & Kashmir,
Jharkhand,
Karnataka,
Kerala,
Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra,
Meghalaya,
Mizoram,
Odisha,
Punjab,
Rajasthan,
Sikkim,
Tamil Nadu,
Telangana,
Tripura,
Uttar Pradesh,
Uttarakhand,
West Bengal),
Myanmar,
Nepal,
Pakistan,
Sri Lanka,
Thailand.
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Lissemys ceylonensis
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Sri Lankan Flapshell Turtle
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Srilankanische Klappen-Weichschildkröte
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Srilankansk Klapblødskildpadde
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1856 | |
Emyda ceylonensis Gray |
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Emyda granosa ceylonensis Annandale 1912 |
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Lissemys ceylonensis Praschag, Stuckas, Päckert, Maran & Fritz 2011 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of punctata (e.g., Fritz & Havas 2006). Revalidated by Praschag, Stuckas, Päckert, Maran & Fritz (2011) and Dijk, Iverson, Shaffer, Bour & Rhodin (2012).
Distribution:
Sri Lanka.
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Lissemys punctata
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Indian Flapshell Turtle
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Vorderindische Klappen-Weichschildkröte
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Indisk Klapblødskildpadde
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1789 | |
Testudo punctata Bonnaterre |
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Trionyx punctatus Gray in Griffith 1831 |
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Emyda punctata Gray 1831 |
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Lissemys punctata Smith 1931 |
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1798 | |
Testudo granulosa Suckow [substitute name for Testudo punctata Lacepede 1788 (rejected)] (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1801 | |
Testudo granosa Schoepff (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Trionyx granosus Schweigger 1812 |
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Cryptopus granosus Duméril & Bibron 1835 |
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Emyda granosa Strauch 1862 |
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Lissemys punctata granosa Smith 1931 |
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Trionyx punctatus granosus Mertens, Müller & Rust 1934 |
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1801 | |
Testudo granulata Daudin [substitute name for Testudo punctata Lacepede 1788 (rejected)] (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1801 | |
Testudo scabra Latreille in Sonnini & Latreille [substitute name for Testudo punctata Lacepede 1788 (rejected); not Testudo scabra Linnaeus 1758] (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1809 | |
Trionyx coromandelicus Geoffroy Saint-Hillaire [substitute name for Testudo granosa Schoepff 1801] (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1854 | |
Emyda vittata Peters (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Emyda granosa var. vittata Annandale 1906 |
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Lissemys punctata vittata Praschag, Stuckas, Päckert, Maran & Fritz 2011 |
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Emyda granosa intermedia Annandale (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1980 | |
Lissemys punctata andersoni Webb |
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Lissemys andersoni Joseph-Ouni 2004 |
Other common names:
andersoni: Northern Indian Flapshell Turtle, Indo-Gangetic Flapshell Turtle, Anderson's Flapshell Turtle
punctata: Southern Indian Flapshell Turtle
vittata: Central Indian Flapshell Turtle
Remarks:
Previously included ceylonensis, to which species records from Sri Lanka refer (Dijk, Iverson, Shaffer, Bour & Rhodin 2012). Until 1980, the name L. p. granosa was used for L. p. punctata, whereas the latter name until then was used for the subspecies now known as L. p. andersoni (Webb 1980b).
Introduced to:
India
(Andaman Islands).
Distribution:
Bangladesh,
India
(Andhra Pradesh,
Arunachal Pradesh,
Assam,
Bihar,
Chhattisgarh,
Delhi,
Goa,
Gujarat,
Haryana,
Himachal Pradesh,
Jammu & Kashmir,
Jharkhand,
Karnataka,
Kerala,
Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra,
Meghalaya,
Mizoram,
Odisha,
Punjab,
Rajasthan,
Sikkim,
Tamil Nadu,
Telangana,
Tripura,
Uttar Pradesh,
Uttarakhand,
West Bengal),
Myanmar,
Nepal,
Pakistan.
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Lissemys scutata
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Burmese Flapshell Turtle
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Hinterindische Klappen-Weichschildkröte
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Burmesisk Klapblødskildpadde
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Emyda scutata Peters |
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Emyda granosa scutata Annandale 1912 |
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Lissemys punctata scutata Smith 1931 |
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Trionyx punctatus scutatus Mertens, Müller & Rust 1934 |
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Lissemys scutata Webb 1982 |
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Emyda fuscomaculata Gray (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
Remarks:
Status uncertain. Regarded as a full species by some authors (e.g., Webb 1982; McCord & Joseph-Ouni 2003; Fritz & Havas 2006), but retained in the synonymy of punctata by others (e.g., Smith 1931; Webb 1980; Meylan 1987; Ernst & Barbour 1989; Das 1991, 1995, 2001).
Distribution:
Myanmar,
Thailand.
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