Indian peacock softshell turtle
Species of freshwater turtle
Indian peacock softshell turtle | |
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Conservation status | |
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Family: | Trionychidae |
Genus: | Nilssonia |
Species: | N. hurum |
Binomial name | |
Nilssonia hurum (Gray, 1831)[1] | |
Synonyms[3] | |
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Indian peacock softshell turtle (Nilssonia hurum) is a species of turtle found in South Asia and is listed on the IUCN Red List as a vulnerable species.
Geographical range
The Indian peacock soft-shell turtle is found in Bangladesh, India (the states of Mizoram, Assam, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), Nepal and Pakistan.[1] Type locality in India: Fatehgarh, Ganges, to Barrackpore (about 23 kilometers north of Calcutta), West Bengal, India".[4]
References
- ^ a b c Das, I.; Choudhury, B.C.; Ahmed, M.F.; Praschag, P.; Singh, S. (2021). "Nilssonia hurum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T39619A2931203. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T39619A2931203.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ Fritz 2007, p. 000.310
- ^ Webb, R.G. 1980 Gray, Hardwicke, Buchanan-Hamilton, and drawings of Indian soft-shell turtles (Family Trionychidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 1: 61-74. Webb (1980: 71)
- Bibliography
- Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-01.
Further reading
- Safi, A., Khan, M. Z.,2014. Distribution and current population of freshwater turtles of District Charsadda of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The Journal of Zoology studies. 1(4): 31–38. http://www.journalofzoology.com
- Anderson, J. 1872 Note on Trionyx gangeticus, and Trionyx hurum, B. Hamilton. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 9: 382-383
- Anderson, J. 1872 On Trionyx gangeticus, Cuvier, Trionyx hurum, B.H. and Dr. Gray. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 10: 219-222
- Gray, J. E. 1831 A synopsis of the species of Class Reptilia. In: Griffith, E & E. Pidgeon: The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organisation by the Baron Cuvier with additional descriptions of all the species hither named, and of many before noticed [Vol. 9]. Whittaker, Treacher and Co., London: 481 + 110 pp.
- Gray, J.E. 1872 On Indian Mud-Tortoises (Trionyx). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 9: 473-475
- Meylan, P.A. 1987 The phylogenetic relationships of soft-shelled turtles (Family Trionychidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 186 (1):1-101.
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Trionychidae family
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Reptilia
- Subclass: Anapsida
- Order: Testudines
- Superfamily: Trionychia
Species of the Trionychidae family |
- Asiatic softshell turtle
- †Amyda gregaria
- Amyda ornata
- †Axestemys byssina
- †Axestemys cerevisia
- †Axestemys montinsana
- †Axestemys quinni
- †Axestemys splendida
- †Axestemys vittata
- †Gilmoremys gettyspherensis
- †Gilmoremys lancensis
- †Hutchemys arctochelys
- †Hutchemys rememdium
- †Hutchemys tetanetron
- †Hutchemys sterea
- †Hutchemys acupictus
- †Khunnuchelys erinhotensis
- †Khunnuchelys kizylkumensis
- †Khunnuchelys lophorhothon
- Black softshell turtle
- Burmese peacock softshell
- Indian softshell turtle
- Indian peacock softshell turtle
- Leith's softshell turtle
- †Palaeoamyda messeliana
Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. †=extinct.