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Burmese peacock softshell
	Illustration by Philibert land Berjeau, 1878
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
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
	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;

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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.^[3]

Geographical region

The Burmese peacock softshell is found in Burma and possibly Thailand.^[1] Also reported to 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.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ 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.

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
Nilssonia formosa at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

[IUCN-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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[Fritz07-2] Fritz 2007, p. 316

[3] "JCVI.org". Archived from the original on 2009-06-15. Retrieved 2010-05-09.

[4] 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.

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 ==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.
+* Anderson, J. 1875. "Description of some new Asiatic mammals and Chelonia". ''Ann. Mag. nat. Hist''. (4) 16: 282–285.
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