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Site records of softshell turtles (Chelonia: Trionychidae) from Barak Valley, Assam, northeastern India

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Das, Kulendra C., Gupta, Abhik (2011): Site records of softshell turtles (Chelonia: Trionychidae) from Barak Valley, Assam, northeastern India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 3 (4): 1722-1726, DOI: 10.11609/JoTT.o2487.1722-6, URL: http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/682

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