Nilssonia formosa

Nilssonia formosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Trionychoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Subordo: Cryptodira Superfamilia: Trionychoidea

Familia: Trionychidae
Subfamilia: Trionychinae
Genus: Nilssonia
Species: Nilssonia formosa

Name

• Nilssonia formosa (Gray, 1869)
  • Type locality: "Pegu," Myanmar (= Burma).
  • Holotype: BMNH, 1946.1.22.11.

Synonyms

• Trionyx formosus Gray 1869
• Trionyx (?) peyuensis Gray 1870
• Nilssonia formosa Gray 1872:332
• Trionyx grayii Theobald 1875
• Trionyx formosus Boulenger 1889
• Trionyx formosus Alderton 1988
• Nilssonia formosa Ernst & Barbour 1989
• Nilssonia formosa Kuchling et al., 2004
• Nilssonia formosa Praschag et al., 2007

References

• Gray, J.E. 1869. Notes on the families and genera of tortoises (Testudinata), and on the characters afforded by the study of their skulls. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1869:165-225.
• Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., Bour, R., Fritz, U., Georges, A., Shaffer, H.B. & van Dijk, P.P.). 2017. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (8th Ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs 7: 1–292. ISBN 978-1-5323-5026-9. DOI: 10.3854/crm.7.checklist.atlas.v8.2017. . Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• IUCN: Nilssonia formosa Gray, 1869 (Endangered)
• Nilssonia formosa at the New Reptile Database

Vernacular names

čeština: Kožnatka myanmarská
Deutsch: Birma-Weichschildkröte
English: Burmese peacock softshell, Burmese Soft-shelled Turtle

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