Indian peacock softshell turtle

Indian peacock softshell turtle
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]
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)

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. 1 2 3 4 Rhodin 2011, p. 000.207
  2. 1 2 Nilssonia hurum from the Redlist
  3. Fritz 2007, p. 000.310
  4. 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)
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Further reading

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