Animalia > Chordata > Testudines > Trionychidae > Nilssonia > Nilssonia gangetica

Nilssonia gangetica (Ganges Soft-shelled Turtle; Indian softshell turtle)

Synonyms:

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Nilssonia gangetica

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  41.888 lbs (19.00 kg)
Female Weight [1]  41.888 lbs (19.00 kg)
Litter Size [2]  30
Maximum Longevity [1]  14 years

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
National Chambal Sanctuary IV   Madhya Pradesh, India
Sunderban National Park 261613 India  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Himalaya Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan No
Indo-Burma Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam No

Consumers

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
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