Burmese peacock softshell | |
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Illustration by Philibert land Berjeau, 1878 | |
Juvenile | |
Conservation status | |
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
CITES Appendix II (CITES) | |
Scientific 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 | |
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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.
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
- ^ 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.
- "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- Fritz 2007, p. 316
- "JCVI.org". Archived from the original on 2009-06-15. Retrieved 2010-05-09.
- 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
- 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
- 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.
External links
- Species: Nilssonia formosa (Burmese peacock softshell turtle) Turtles of the World. Authors: C.H. Ernst, R.G.M. Altenburg & R.W. Barbour
- Austin's turtle page.com
- Nilssonia Gallery of Nilssonia formosa Burmese Peacock Softshell Turtle from Chelonia.org
- Tiny Bundles of Hope: Critically Endangered Turtles Hatch in Myanmar, The New York Times, by Delger Erdenesanaa, June 24, 2023
- Nilssonia formosa at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
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Genera |
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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. |
Taxon identifiers | |
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Nilssonia formosa |