Burmese peacock softshell

Burmese peacock softshell
Illustration by Philibert land Berjeau, 1878
Juvenile
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES) [2]
Scientific classification
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 formosusGray, 1869 Trionyx peguensisGray, 1870 Nilssonia formosaGray, 1872 Isola peguensisGray, 1873 Trionyx grayiiTheobald, 1875 Aspidonectes formosusBaur, 1893 Isola formosaHay, 1904 Trionyx formosaGadow, 1923 Amyda formosusMell, 1929 Trionyx grayiSmith, 1931(ex errore) Amyda formosaMertens, Müller & Rust, 1934 Trionyx fomosusGosławski & Hryniewicz, 1993(ex errore) Trionyx formosanusJenkins, 1995(ex errore) Trionix formosusRichard, 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. 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

• 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.

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 ^{[ usurped ]} from Chelonia.org
• Tiny Bundles of Hope: Critically Endangered Turtles Hatch in Myanmar, The New York Times, by Delger Erdenesanaa, June 24, 2023
• Nilssonia formosa at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database