Burmese peacock softshell
| Burmese peacock softshell |
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| Illustration by Philibert Charles Berjeau, 1878 |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Chordata |
| Class: |
Reptilia |
| Order: |
Testudines |
| Family: |
Trionychidae |
| Genus: |
Nilssonia[1] |
| Species: |
N. formosa |
| Binomial name |
Nilssonia formosa
(Gray, 1869)[1][2] |
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| Synonyms[3] |
- Trionyx formosus Gray, 1869
- Trionyx peguensis Gray, 1870
- Nilssonia formosa Gray, 1872
- Isola peguensis Gray, 1873
- Trionyx grayii Theobald, 1875
- Aspidonectes formosus Baur, 1893
- Isola formosa Hay, 1904
- Trionyx formosa Gadow, 1923
- Amyda formosus Mell, 1929
- Trionyx grayi Smith, 1931 (ex errore)
- Amyda formosa Mertens, Müller & Rust, 1934
- Trionyx fomosus Gosławski & Hryniewicz, 1993 (ex errore)
- Trionyx formosanus Jenkins, 1995 (ex errore)
- Trionix formosus Richard, 1999
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The Burmese peacock softshell turtle (Nilssonia formosa) is a species of softshell turtle in the Trionychidae family. It is one of five species in the genus Nilssonia.[4]
Geographical region
The Burmese peacock softshell is found in Burma and possibly Thailand.[1]
References
- 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
- Alderton, D. 1988. Turtles and tortoises of the world. Facts on File, New York.
- Anderson, J. 1875. "Description of some new Asiatic mammals and Chelonia". Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 16: 282-285.
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