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Nilssonia formosa (Gray, 1869)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Gray, J. E. Notes on the families and genera of tortoises (Testudinata), and on the characters afforded by the study of their skulls.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Testudines
family
Trionychidae
genus
Nilssonia
species
Nilssonia formosa

Name

Synonyms
Trionys peguensis Gray, 1870
Trionyx formosus Gray, 1869
Trionyx grayii Theobald, 1875
Trionyx peguensis Gray, 1870
Homonyms
Nilssonia formosa (Gray, 1869)
Common names
Birma-Weichschildkröte in German
Burma-Weichschildkröte in German
Burmese Peacock Softshell in English
Burmese Peacock Softshell Turtle in English
Burmese Peacock Softshell Turtle in English
Burmese Soft-shelled Turtle in English
Burmese Soft-shelled Turtle in English
Burmese Softshell Turtle in English
Burmese peacock softshell in English
burmai lágyhéjúteknős in Hungarian
kožnatka myanmarská in Czech
Красивый трионикс in Russian
سلحفاة لينة الدرقة الطاووسية البورمية in Arabic
Burmese Peacock Softshell in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Iverson, John B., 1992: null. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. xiii + 363.
  2. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [Rhodin, A. G. J., J. Iverson, R. Bour, U. Fritz, A. Georges, et al.], 2021: Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status (9th ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 8. x + 472.
  3. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., J. Iverson, A. Rhodin, H. Shaffer, and R. Bour], 2014: Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 5, v. 7. 329-479.
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