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Rafetus

Rafetus is a genus of highly endangered softshell turtles in the Trionychidae family. These large turtles are found in freshwater habitats in Asia. According to most taxonomists, the genus contains the following 2 species:

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle

speciesRafetus swinhoei

Euphrates Softshell Turtle

speciesRafetus euphraticus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 39567.