Skeleton of Indian Flapshell Turtle
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Testudines Family: Trionychidae Genus: Lissemys Species: L. punctata Specimen Description The skull has vomer-prefrontal struts, the postorbital arch narrower than the horizontal diameter of the orbit, a closed fenestra postotica (broad ascending strut of pterygoid sutured to opisthotic), and a short maxillary...