Staurotypus salvini Gray 1864 (Chiapas giant musk turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Kinosternoidea
Alternative combination: Staurotypus salvinii
Belongs to Staurotypus according to J. H. Hutchison 1991
See also van Dijk et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Staurotypus moschus, Staurotypus triporcatus
Ecology: aquatic durophage-piscivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Staurotypus salvini in the database
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