Animalia > Chordata > Testudines > Trionychidae > Chitra > Chitra indica

Chitra indica (Narrow-headed soft-shelled Turtle; narrow-headed softshell turtle)

Synonyms: Gymnopus lineatus; Pelochelys cantorii (heterotypic); Pelochelys cumingii (heterotypic); Testudo membranacea; Trionyx indicus

Wikipedia Abstract

Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle (Chitra indica) also known as small-headed softshell turtle is an endangered species of softshell turtle found in rivers of South Asia. It is very large and feeds on fish, frogs, crustaceans and molluscs, which it ambushes. In the past it was included in Chitra chitra; a species restricted to Southeast Asia using current taxonomy.
View Wikipedia Record: Chitra indica

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Chitra indica

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  238.10 lbs (108.00 kg)
Birth Weight [1]  9 grams
Female Weight [1]  238.10 lbs (108.00 kg)
Gestation [1]  55 days
Litter Size [2]  100
Litters / Year [2]  1

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
National Chambal Sanctuary IV   Madhya Pradesh, India
Sai Yok National Park II 235556 Thailand
Sunderban National Park 261613 India  
Taman Negara National Park II 1122273 Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysia  
Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary IV 918234 Thailand  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Himalaya Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan No

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Spiroxys annulata <Unverified Name>[3]
Spiroxys gubernae <Unverified Name>[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Turtles and Tortoises Demographic Traits Database for CITES Listed Species ver. 01, Species360 (2018)
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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