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Nilssonia hurum  (Gray, 1830)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 949476

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Trionyx hurum Gray, 1830
  
    Aspideretes hurum (Gray, 1830)
  
    Trionyx occellatus Gray, 1830
  
    Trionyx sewaare Gray, 1872
  
    Trionyx bellii Gray, 1872
  
    Trionyx buchanani Theobald, 1874
  
  Common Name(s): Indian Peacock Softshell Turtle [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderTestudines Batsch, 1788 – tortues, Turtles, Terrapins, Tortoises  
                            SuborderCryptodira Cope, 1868  
                               SuperfamilyTrionychoidea Gray, 1825  
                                  FamilyTrionychidae Gray, 1825 – Softshell Turtles  
                                     SubfamilyTrionychinae Gray, 1825  
                                        GenusNilssonia Gray, 1872 – Burmese Peacock Softshell Turtles  
                                           SpeciesNilssonia hurum (Gray, 1830) – Indian Peacock Softshell Turtle  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., J. Iverson, A. Rhodin, H. Shaffer, and R. Bour]   
  Publication Date: 2014   
  Article/Chapter Title: Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 5, v. 7   
  Page(s): 329-479   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1088-7105   
  Notes: doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v7.2014 - Available online at http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/cbftt/   
  Reference for: Nilssonia hurum, Indian Peacock Softshell Turtle [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    Southern Asia  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: IUCN: Vulnerable A1cd+2d (2000). TFTSG Draft 2011: Endangered. CITES: Appendix I, as Aspideretes hurum  
 

 

    


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