About Lissemys ceylonensis (Gray, 1856)
Lissemys ceylonensis, described by Gray in 1856, is commonly called the Sri Lankan flapshell turtle. It is a species of freshwater turtle that is endemic to Sri Lanka.
Lissemys ceylonensis (Gray, 1856) is a animal in the Trionychidae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Lissemys ceylonensis (Gray, 1856)
Lissemys ceylonensis (Gray, 1856)
The Sri Lankan flapshell turtle (Lissemys ceylonensis) is an endemic freshwater turtle species native to Sri Lanka.
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Taxonomy
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Apalone mutica (Lesueur, 1827)
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Pelodiscus sinensis Wiegmann, 1835
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Nilssonia gangetica (Cuvier, 1825)
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Pelodiscus maackii (Brandt, 1858)
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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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