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Indian peacock softshell turtle

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Species of freshwater turtle Not to be confused with other species with similar common names at Indian softshell turtle (disambiguation).

Indian peacock softshell turtle
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
CITES Appendix I (CITES)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Trionychidae
Genus: Nilssonia
Species: N. hurum
Binomial name
Nilssonia hurum
(Gray, 1831)
Synonyms
  • 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.

Basking, India

Geographical range

The Indian peacock soft-shell turtle is found in Bangladesh, India (the states of Mizoram, Assam, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), Nepal and Pakistan.

Type locality in India: Fatehgarh, Ganges, to Barrackpore (about 23 kilometers north of Calcutta), West Bengal, India".

References

  1. ^ Das, I.; Choudhury, B.C.; Ahmed, M.F.; Praschag, P.; Singh, S. (2021). "Nilssonia hurum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T39619A2931203. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T39619A2931203.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  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)
Bibliography

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 . 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.
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.
Testudines
Suborder
Superfamily
Family
Genus
Cryptodira
Chelonioidea
(Sea turtles)
Cheloniidae
Dermochelyidae
 
Kinosternoidea
Dermatemydidae
Kinosternidae
Testudinoidea
Emydidae
Geoemydidae
 Platysternidae
Testudinidae
Trionychia
Carettochelyidae
Trionychidae
 
 
Chelydridae
Nanhsiungchelyidae
Protostegidae
 
Pleurodira
 
Araripemydidae
Bothremydidae
Chelidae
Pelomedusidae
Podocnemididae
Sahonachelyidae
 
 
 
Taxon identifiers
Nilssonia hurum
Trionyx hurum
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