Burmese peacock softshell
Illustration by Philibert Charles Berjeau , 1878
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]
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
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 ]
The Burmese peacock softshell is found in Burma and possibly Thailand .[ 1]
References [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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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