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
Rafetus
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Bicallosite Softshell Turtles
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Orientalische Weichschildkröten
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Mesopotamisk Blødskildpadde & Indokinesisk Kæmpeblødskildpadde
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1864 |  |
Rafetus Gray (type species: Testudo euphratica Daudin 1802) |
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1873 | |
Oscaria Gray (type species: Oscaria swinhoei Gray 1873; syn. Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1880 | |
Yuen Heude (type species: Yuen leprosus Heude 1880; syn. Fritz & Havas 2006) |
Contents:
2 species, none of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Previously included in
Trionyx (e.g., Wermuth & Mertens 1977). Some authors recognize the monotypic genus Oscaria for swinhoei (e.g., Bour & Pritchard in David 1994; Vetter & Van Dijk 2006).
Extinct in:
China
(Anhui,
Jiangsu,
Shanghai,
Zhejiang).
Distribution:
Middle East, SE. Asia.
Reported from:
China
(Yunnan),
Iran,
Iraq,
Syria,
Turkey,
Vietnam.
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Rafetus euphraticus
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Euphrates Softshell Turtle
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Euphrat-Weichschildkröte
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Mesopotamisk Blødskildpadde
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Testudo euphratica Daudin |
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Trionyx euphraticus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 |
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Gymnopus euphraticus Duméril & Bibron 1835 |
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Rafetus euphraticus Gray 1864 |
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Pelodiscus euphraticus Baur 1893 |
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Amyda euphratica Mertens, Müller & Rust 1934 |
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1807 | |
Testudo rafcht Olivier (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Tyrse rafeht [lapsus] Gray 1844 |
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Trionyx rafeht [lapsus] Gray 1856 |
Distribution:
Iran,
Iraq,
Syria,
Turkey.
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Rafetus swinhoei
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Indochinese Giant Softshell Turtle, Red River Giant Softshell Turtle, Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle, Shanghai Softshell Turtle, (Swinhoe's Softshell Turtle)
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Swinhoes Weichschildkröte
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Indokinesisk Kæmpeblødskildpadde
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1873 | |
Oscaria swinhoei Gray |
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Pelodiscus swinhoei Baur 1893 |
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Trionyx swinhoei Siebenrock 1902 |
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Rafetus swinhoei Meylan 1987 |
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1880 | |
Yuen elegans Heude (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1880 | |
Yuen leprosus Heude (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1880 | |
Yuen maculatus Heude (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Pelochelys maculatus Zhao 1997 |
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1880 | |
Yuen pallens Heude (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1880 | |
Yuen viridis Heude (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1889 | |
Trionyx swinhonis Boulenger [substitute name for Oscaria swinhoei Gray 1873] (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1984 | |
Pelochelys taihuensis Zhang (Zhao & Adler 1993; Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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2000 | |
Rafetus leloii Hà Dình Dúc (Farkas & Webb 2003; Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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2010 | |
Rafetus vietnamensis Le, Le, Tran, Phan, Phan, Tran, Pham, Nguyen, Nong, Phan, Dinh, Truong & Ha 2010 (Farkas, Le & Nguyen 2011) |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of
Pelodiscus sinensis (e.g., Wermuth & Mertens 1977).
Revalidated by Meylan & Webb (1988).
Placed in the monotypic genus Oscaria by some authors (e.g., Vetter & Van Dijk 2006).
Extinct in:
China
(Anhui,
Jiangsu,
Shanghai,
Zhejiang).
Distribution:
China
(Yunnan),
Vietnam.
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