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Rafetus euphraticus (Daudin, 1801)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Daudin, F. M. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Reptiles; ouvrage faisant suit à l’Histoire naturell générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon; et rédigee par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes. Vol. 2.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Testudines
family
Trionychidae
genus
Rafetus
species
Rafetus euphraticus

Name

Synonyms
Testudo euphratica Daudin, 1801
Testudo rafcht Olivier, 1807
Testudo rafscht Gray, 1831
Testudo rascht Gray, 1831
Tyrse rafeht Gray, 1844
Homonyms
Rafetus euphraticus (Daudin, 1801)
Rafetus euphraticus (Oliver, 1801)
Common names
Euphrat-Weichschildkröte in German
Euphrat-Weichschildkröte in German
Euphrates Soft-shelled Turtle in English
Euphrates Soft-shelled Turtle in English
Euphrates Softshell Turtle in English
Euphrates Softshell Turtle in English
Euphrates softshell in English
Mesopotamian Softshell Turtle in English
Tortuga de caparazón blando del Éufrates in Spanish
eufráteszi lágyhéjúteknős in Hungarian
kožnatka eufratská in Czech
Евфратский трионикс in Russian
رفش الکرخة in Arabic
سلحفاة لينة الدرقة الفراتية in Arabic
سلحفاة لينة الدرقة بلاد ما بين النهرين in Arabic
幼發拉底鱉 in Chinese
Euphrates Softshell Turtle in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Iverson, John B., 1992: null. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. xiii + 363.
  2. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [Rhodin, A. G. J., J. Iverson, R. Bour, U. Fritz, A. Georges, et al.], 2021: Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status (9th ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 8. x + 472.
  3. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., J. Iverson, A. Rhodin, H. Shaffer, and R. Bour], 2014: Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 5, v. 7. 329-479.
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