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
Trionyx
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African Softshell Turtle
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Afrikanische Weichschildkröte
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Afrikansk Blødskildpadde, Afrikansk Trekloskildpadde
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1809 |  |
Trionyx Geoffroy Saint-Hillaire (type species: Testudo triunguis Forskål 1775) |
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1830 | |
Aspidonectes Wagler (type species: Trionyx aegyptiacus Geoffroy Saint-Hillaire 1809; syn. Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1835 | |
Gymnopus Dumeril & Bibron [substitute name for Aspidonectes Wagler 1830; not Gymnopus Brookes 1828 (Aves)] (syn. Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1844 | |
Tyrse Gray (type species: Trionyx niloticus Gray 1831; syn. Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1869 | |
Fordia Gray (type species: Fordia africana Gray 1869; syn. Fritz & Havas 2006) |
Contents:
1 species, which is not endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Previously included the species now placed in the genera
Amyda,
Apalone,
Dogania,
Nilssonia,
Palea,
Pelochelys,
Pelodiscus, and
Rafetus.
Distribution:
As for the single species.
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Trionyx triunguis
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African Softshell Turtle, Nile Softshell Turtle
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Afrikanische Weichschildkröte, Dreiklauen-Weichschildkröte, Afrikanischer Dreiklauer
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Afrikansk Blødskildpadde, Afrikansk Trekloskildpadde
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1775 | |
Testudo triunguis Forskål |
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Amyda triunguis Oken 1816 |
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Trionyx triunguis Peters 1876 |
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Pelodiscus triunguis Baur 1893 |
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Amyda triunguis triunguis Mertens & Wermuth 1955 |
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1798 | |
Testudo striata Suchow [in part; substitute name for Testudo cartilaginea Boddaert 1770 and Testudo triunguis Forsskål 1775] (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1809 | |
Trionyx egyptiacus Geoffroy Saint-Hillaire (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Trionyx aegyptiacus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 [emendation] |
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Aspidonectes aegyptiacus Wagler 1830 |
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Gymnopus aegyptiacus Duméril & Bibron 1835 |
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1831 | |
Trionyx niloticus Gray [substitute name for Testudo triunguis Forsskål 1775] (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Tyrse nilotica Gray 1844 |
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1835 | |
Trionyx labiatus Fitzinger (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1844 | |
Trionyx mortoni Hallowell (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1860 | |
Aspidonectes aspilus Cope (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Gymnopus aspilus Rochebrune 1884 |
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1869 | |
Fordia africana Gray (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1948 | |
Trionyx triunguis rudolfianus Deraniyagala (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Amyda triunguis rudolfianus Mertens & Wermuth 1955 |
Remarks:
A single record from Greece, off the island of Kos (Valakos, Pafilis, Sotiropoulos, Lymberakis, Maragou & Foufopoulos 2008).
Distribution:
Angola
(incl.
Cabinda),
Benin,
Burkina Faso,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
Congo-Brazzaville,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Egypt
(incl.
Sinai),
Equatorial Guinea
(Rio Muni),
Eritrea,
Ethiopia,
Gabon,
Gambia,
Ghana,
Greece
(incl.
Aegean Islands),
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Israel,
Ivory Coast,
Kenya,
Lebanon,
Liberia,
Mali,
Mauritania,
Namibia,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Senegal,
Sierra Leone,
Somalia,
South Sudan,
Sudan,
Syria,
Togo,
Turkey,
Uganda.
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