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Lissemys ceylonensis (Gray, 1856) is a animal in the Trionychidae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Lissemys ceylonensis (Gray, 1856) (Lissemys ceylonensis (Gray, 1856))
Animalia

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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Lissemys
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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.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Testudines Trionychidae Lissemys

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