Burmese peacock softshell | |
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Illustration by Philibert land Berjeau, 1878 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Family: | Trionychidae |
Genus: | Nilssonia |
Species: | N. formosa
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Binomial name | |
Nilssonia formosa (Gray, 1869)
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Synonyms [3] | |
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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. [4]
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]
Burmese peacock softshell | |
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Illustration by Philibert land Berjeau, 1878 | |
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)
[1]
| |
Synonyms [3] | |
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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. [4]
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]