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Cryptopus brachiatus ''Cryptopus'' may refer to: * ''Cryptopus'' (plant), a genus of plants in the family Orchidaceae * ''Cryptopus'', a genus of turtles in the family Trionychidae, synonym of ''Cyclanorbis ''Cyclanorbis'' is a genus of softshell turtles in the fam ...

'' H.Perrier - Madagascar * ''

Cryptopus dissectus ''Cryptopus'' may refer to: * ''Cryptopus'' (plant), a genus of plants in the family Orchidaceae * ''Cryptopus'', a genus of turtles in the family Trionychidae, synonym of ''Cyclanorbis ''Cyclanorbis'' is a genus of softshell turtles in the fam ...

'' (Bosser) Bosser - Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion * ''

Cryptopus elatus ''Cryptopus'' may refer to: * ''Cryptopus'' (plant), a genus of plants in the family Orchidaceae * ''Cryptopus'', a genus of turtles in the family Trionychidae, synonym of ''Cyclanorbis ''Cyclanorbis'' is a genus of softshell turtles in the fam ...

'' (Thouars) Lindl. - Mauritius, Réunion * ''

Cryptopus paniculatus ''Cryptopus'' may refer to: * ''Cryptopus'' (plant), a genus of plants in the family Orchidaceae * ''Cryptopus'', a genus of turtles in the family Trionychidae, synonym of ''Cyclanorbis ''Cyclanorbis'' is a genus of softshell turtles in the fam ...

'' H.Perrier - Madagascar

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