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Chitra (turtle)

Chitra is a genus of Asian turtles in the family Trionychidae.

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Skeleton of a Chitra chitra shell at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Trionychidae
Subfamily: Trionychinae
Genus: Chitra
Gray, 18441

Chitra is a genus of Asian turtles in the family Trionychidae.

Species

  • Chitra chitra Nutaphand, 1986 – Asian narrow-headed softshell turtle1
    • C. c. chitra Nutaphand, 1986 – Siamese narrow-headed softshell turtle1
    • C. c. javanensis McCord & Pritchard, 2003 – Javanese narrow-headed softshell turtle1
  • Chitra indica (Gray, 1830) – Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle1
  • Chitra vandijki McCord & Pritchard, 2003 – Burmese narrow-headed softshell turtle1

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Chitra.

References

References

  1. Rhodin 2010, p. 000.126
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