Chitra (turtle)
Genus of turtles
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Skeleton of a Chitra chitra shell at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Family: | Trionychidae |
Subfamily: | Trionychinae |
Genus: | Chitra Gray, 1844[1] |
Chitra is a genus of turtles in the family Trionychidae.
Species
- Chitra chitra Nutaphand, 1986 – Asian narrow-headed softshell turtle[1]
- C. c. chitra Nutaphand, 1986 – Siamese narrow-headed softshell turtle[1]
- C. c. javanensis McCord & Pritchard, 2003 – Javanese narrow-headed softshell turtle[1]
- Chitra indica (Gray, 1830) – Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle[1]
- Chitra vandijki McCord & Pritchard, 2003 – Burmese narrow-headed softshell turtle[1]
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Chitra.
References
- ^ a b c d e f Rhodin 2010, p. 000.126
- Bibliography
- Gray JE (1844). Catalogue of the Tortoises, Crocodiles, and Amphisbænians, in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). viii + 80 pp. (Chitra, new genus, p. 49).
- Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley (2010-12-14). "Turtles of the World 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution and Conservation Status" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
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Trionychidae family
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Reptilia
- Subclass: Anapsida
- Order: Testudines
- Superfamily: Trionychia
Species of the Trionychidae family |
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- Asiatic softshell turtle
- †Amyda gregaria
- Amyda ornata
- †Axestemys byssina
- †Axestemys cerevisia
- †Axestemys montinsana
- †Axestemys quinni
- †Axestemys splendida
- †Axestemys vittata
- †Gilmoremys gettyspherensis
- †Gilmoremys lancensis
- †Hutchemys arctochelys
- †Hutchemys rememdium
- †Hutchemys tetanetron
- †Hutchemys sterea
- †Hutchemys acupictus
- †Khunnuchelys erinhotensis
- †Khunnuchelys kizylkumensis
- †Khunnuchelys lophorhothon
- †Palaeoamyda messeliana
Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. †=extinct.
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