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Chitra chitra (Nutaphand's Narrowhead Softshell; Southeast Asian Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle)

Synonyms: Chitra selenkae; Pelochelys cantorii (heterotypic); Pelochelys cumingii (heterotypic); Testudo chitra

Wikipedia Abstract

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

Infraspecies

Chitra chitra chitra
Chitra chitra javanensis (Java Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle)

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Chitra chitra

Ecoregions

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Indo-Burma Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam No
Sundaland Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand No

External References

Citations

Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0