Burmese peacock softshell
Illustration by Philibert land Berjeau, 1878
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this 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)[1]
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

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

  1. 1 2 3 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. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ↑ Fritz 2007, p. 316
  4. ↑ "JCVI.org". Archived from the original on 2009-06-15. Retrieved 2010-05-09.
  5. ↑ 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

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.
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