Burmese peacock softshell
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| Species: | N. formosa
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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[4]
Geogrphical region
The Burmese peacock softshell is found in Burma and possibly Thailand.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Rhodin 2011, p. 000.207
- ^ a b Nilssonia formosa from the IUCN Red list
- ^ Fritz 2007, p. 316 harvnb error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFFritz2007 (help)
- ^ JCVI.org
- 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.
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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.
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
Wikispecies has information related to Nilssonia formosa.
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| 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. | ||||
