Lissemys ceylonensis

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Lissemys ceylonensis
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CITES Appendix II (CITES) [1]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Trionychidae
Genus: Lissemys
Species:
L. ceylonensis
Binomial name
Lissemys ceylonensis
(Gray, 1856) [2]
Synonyms
List
  • Emyda ceylonensisGray 1856
  • Emyda granosaBoulenger 1889 partim
  • Emyda granosa ceylonensisAnnandale 1912
  • Lissemys punctata granosaSmith 1931
  • Lissemys ceylonensisPraschag et al. 2011
  • Lissemys ceylonensisKarunarathna & Amarasinghe 2011
  • Lissemys ceylonensisTTWG 2014

Lissemys ceylonensis, commonly known as the Sri Lankan flapshell turtle, is a species of freshwater turtle endemic to Sri Lanka. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  2. ↑ "ITIS standard report - Lissemys ceylonensis (Gray, 1856)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "Lissemys ceylonensis (GRAY, 1856)". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 8 May 2018.


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