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Species of turtle

Burmese peacock softshell
Illustration by Philibert land Berjeau, 1878
Juvenile
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Trionychidae
Genus: Nilssonia
Species: N. formosa
Binomial name
Nilssonia formosa
(Gray, 1869)
Synonyms
  • 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

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.

Geographical region

The Burmese peacock softshell is found in Myanmar and possibly Thailand. Also reported to be found in Karbi Anglong district of Assam. Nuclear data analyses of a Nilssonia formosa caught near Shuangbai, Yunnan, China by researchers in 2012 suggests the species crossed the watershed between the Salween and Mekong Rivers.

References

  1. ^ Horne, B.D.; Platt, K.; Praschag, P. (2021). "Nilssonia formosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T14765A546244. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T14765A546244.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. Fritz 2007, p. 316
  4. "JCVI.org". Archived from the original on 2009-06-15. Retrieved 2010-05-09.
  5. Liebing, Nicole, et al. "Molecular phylogeny of the softshell turtle genus Nilssonia revisited, with first records of N. formosa for China and wild-living N. nigricans for Bangladesh." Vertebrate Zoology 62.2 (2012): 261-272.
Bibliography

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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Trionychidae family
Genera
Species of the Trionychidae family
Amyda
Apalone
Axestemys
Chitra
Cyclanorbis
Cycloderma
Dogania
Gilmoremys
Hutchemys
Khunnuchelys
Lissemys
Nilssonia
Palaeoamyda
Palea
Pelochelys
Pelodiscus
Rafetus
Trionyx
Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. †=extinct.
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Taxon identifiers
Nilssonia formosa
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