Burmese peacock softshell
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| Burmese peacock softshell | |
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| Illustration by Philibert land Berjeau, 1878 | |
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| Juvenile | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | Trionychidae |
| Genus: | Nilssonia |
| Species: | N. formosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Nilssonia formosa (Gray, 1869)[1]
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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
[edit | edit source]The Burmese peacock softshell is found in Myanmar and possibly Thailand.[1] 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.[5]
References
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- ^ Fritz 2007, p. 316
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- ^ 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
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]- 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
Wikispecies has information related to Nilssonia formosa.
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