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    Species Accepted

    Nilssonia gangetica (Cuvier, 1825)

    Ganges Soft-shelled Turtle
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Nilssonia
    IUCNEndangered

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

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      Ganges Soft-shelled Turtle English
      Ganges Softshell Turtle English
      Ganges-Weichschildkröte German
      Ganges-blødskildpadde Danish
      Indian Softshell Turtle English
      gangeszi lágyhéjúteknős Hungarian
      kožnatka ganžská Czech
      Гангский трионикс Russian
      سلحفاة الغانج لينة الدرقة Arabic
      मुलायम खोल कछुआ Hindi

      Treatments

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      Bibliography

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      RANGANATHAN, M. S., A. MITAL, AND S. DHARWADKAR. (2020). Nilssonia gangetica (Ganges Softshell Turtle). Predation. Herpetological Review 51: 580.
      Ernst,C.H. and Barbour,R.W. (1989). Turtles of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. - London.
      Anderson, J. (1872). Note on Trionyx gangeticus, and Trionyx hurum, B. Hamilton. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 9: 382-383.
      Paul, O., Satrusallya, R., Boruah B., Dutta, S., Muthu S., & Das, A. (2025). Amphibians and Reptiles of Mukandra Hills Tiger Reserve: A Photographic Guide. Wildlife Institute of India. Dehradun 248001, India, 79 Pp.
      TTWG; Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., Bour, R., Fritz, U., Georges, A., Shaffer, H.B., and van Dijk, P.P. (2021). Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (9th Ed.). In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., van Dijk, P.P., Stanford, C.B., Goode, E.V., Buhlmann, K.A., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs 8:1–472. Doi:10.3854/Crm.8.Checklist.Atlas.V9.2021.
      Basumatary, Rajeev and D.K. Sharma. (2013). The turtle fauna of Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India with notes on natural history and conservation status. Herpetology Notes 6: 59-72.
      Baig, KJ, Masroor, R., and Arshad, M. (2008). Biodiversity and ecology of the herpetofauna of Cholistan Desert, Pakistan. Russ. J. Herpetol. 15 (3): 193-205.
      Vyas, R. (2010). Ein Fall von Süßwasserschildkröten-Wilderei bei Vadodara City, Bundesstaat Gujarat, Indien. Sauria 32 (3): 53-56.
      Purkayastha, J. (2013). An Amateur’s Guide to Reptiles of Assam. EBH Publishers (India).

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