Asian narrow-headed softshell turtle

Asian narrow-headed softshell turtle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Testudines
Suborder:Cryptodira
Family:Trionychidae
Genus:Chitra
Species: C. chitra
Binomial name
Chitra chitra
Nutaphand, 1986
Synonyms[1]
Chitra chitra chitra
  • Chitra chitra
    Nutaphand, 1986
  • Chitra chitra chitra
    — McCord & Pritchard, 2003
Chitra chitra javanensis
  • ? Chitra selenkae
    Jaekel, 1911
  • Chitra chitra javanensis
    McCord & Pritchard, 2003
  • Chitra chitra javanica
    Iskandar & Mumpuni, 2003
    (ex errore)
  • Chitra chitra javaensis
    Artner, 2003
    (ex errore)

The Asian narrow-headed softshell turtle (Chitra chitra) is a large species of softshell turtle in the family Trionychidae.

Common names

Chitra chitra, is also known commonly as Nutaphand's narrowhead softshell.[2]

Description

C. chitra can reach a carapace length of 4.9 ft (1.5 m).

Geographic range

C. chitra is found in Indonesia, possibly Malaysia, and Thailand.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[3]

  • Chitra chitra chitra Nutaphand, 1986 – Malaysia, Thailand
  • Chitra chitra javanensis McCord & Pritchard, 2003 – Java, Sumatra

References

  1. ↑ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 311–312. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  2. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Nutaphand's Narrowhead Softshell Chitra chitra ", p. 192).
  3. ↑ "Chitra chitra ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.


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