Burmese peacock softshell

Burmese peacock softshell
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Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
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

The Burmese peacock softshell turtle (Nilssonia formosa) is a species of softshell turtle in the Trionychidae family. It is considered to be the one of five species in the genus Nilssonia

Geogrphical region

The Burmese peacock softshell is found in Burma and possibly Thailand.

References

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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Fritz, Uwe (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

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
• Nilssonia formosa at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database