Leith's softshell turtle

Leith's softshell turtle
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Trionychidae
Genus: Nilssonia
Species:
N. leithii
Binomial name
Nilssonia leithii
(Gray, 1872)[1]
Synonyms[3]

Leith's softshell turtle (Nilssonia leithii) is a species of turtle in the family Trionychidae. The species is found in peninsular Indian rivers including the Thungabhadra, Ghataprabha, Bhavani, Godavari, Kaveri and Moyar Rivers.[4] The type locality is Pune in India.[5]

  1. ^ a b Praschag, P.; Das, I.; Choudhury, B.C.; Singh, S. (2021). "Nilssonia leithii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T2174A2778380. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T2174A2778380.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ Fritz 2007, pp. 310–311
  4. ^ Das, I.; Sirsi, S.; Vasudevan, K.; Murthy, B.H.C.K (2014). "Nilssonia  leithii  (Gray  1872)  –  Leith’s  Softshell  Turtle".  In: Rhodin, A.G.J.; Pritchard, P.C.H.; van Dijk, P.P.; Saumure, R.A.; Buhlmann, K.A.; Iverson, J.B.Mittermeier, R.A.  (editors) (2014). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles  and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5.  pp. 075.1–5,  doi:10.3854/crm.5.075.leithii.v1.2014,  http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/cbftt/.
  5. ^ Gray, J.E. (1872). "Notes on the mud-turtles of India (Trionyx, Geoffroy)". Annals and Magazines of Natural History, Fourth Series 10: 326–340.

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