Taxonavigation

Familia: Trionychidae
Subfamilia: Trionychinae
Genus: Rafetus
Species: Rafetus swinhoei

Name

• Rafetus swinhoei (Gray 1873:157)
  • Type locality: Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
  • Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.22.9 (formerly 73.7.30.125); skull, numbered separately as BMNH 1947.3.6.13.

Zhang 1984:71 (Holocene, Neolithic, subfossil, China (Zhejiang))

Tao 1986:28 (Late Pleistocene, Taiwan)

References

• Boulenger, G.A. 1889. Catalogue of the Chelonians, Rhynchocephalians, and Crocodiles in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum, London, 311 pp.
• Gray, J. E. 1873. Notes on Chinese mud-tortoises (Trionychidae), with the description of a new species sent to the British Museum by Mr. Swinhoe, and observations on the male organ of this family. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 12: 156–161
• Le Tran; Le Quang Huan, Tran My Linh, Phan Trong Hoang, Phan Minh Tuan, Tran Thi Thanh Huyen, Pham T 2010. Comparative morphological and dna analysis of specimens of giant freshwater soft-shelled turtle in Vietnam related to Hoan Kiem turtle. Tạp chí Công nghệ Sinh học 8(3A): 949–954

• Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B. & Bour, R.) 2014. Turtles of the world, 7th edition: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution with maps, and conservation status. Chelonian Research Monographs 5(7):000.329–479 Reference page. 
• IUCN: Rafetus swinhoei (Gray, 1873) (Critically Endangered)
• Rafetus swinhoei – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

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