Indian peacock softshell turtle
| Indian peacock softshell turtle |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Chordata |
| Class: |
Sauropsida |
| Order: |
Testudines |
| Suborder: |
Cryptodira |
| Family: |
Trionychidae |
| Genus: |
Nilssonia[1] |
| Species: |
N. hurum |
| Binomial name |
Nilssonia hurum
(Gray, 1831)[1][2] |
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| Synonyms[3] |
- Trionyx occellatus Gray, 1830
- Trionyx hurum Gray, 1831
- Gymnopus duvaucelii Duméril & Bibron, 1835
- Gymnopus ocellatus Duméril & Bibron, 1835
- Trionyx bellii Gray, 1872
- Trionyx sewaare Gray, 1872
- Trionyx buchanani Theobald, 1874
- Isola hurum Baur, 1893
- Aspideretes hurum Hay, 1904
- Aspidonectes hurum Hay, 1904
- Tyrse hurum Hay, 1904
- Amyda hurum Barbour, 1912
- Gymnopus duvaucelli Smith, 1931
- Trionix hurum Richard, 1999
- Testudo chim Buchanan-Hamilton, 1831 (nomen nudum)
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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 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 Calcutta), West Bengal, India".[4]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Rhodin 2011, p. 000.207
- 1 2 Nilssonia hurum from the Redlist
- ↑ 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
- Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour (2011-12-31). "Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status". Chelonian Research Monographs 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-22.
- Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology 57 (2). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17.
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.
