EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Nilssonia formosa
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)
subfamily.......Trionychinae (Common Softshell Turtles)
genus...............Nilssonia (Burmese Peacock Softshell Turtles)
species..............Nilssonia formosa (Burmese Peacock Softshell Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Gray 1869a : 217
- Holotype
- BMNH 1946.1.22.11
- Type Locality
- "Pegu" [Burma]
- Original name
- Trionyx formosus
- Common Name
- Burmese Peacock Softshell Turtle
- Distribution
- Irawaddy-Salween river basin in Burma
- Comments
- Reviewed by Smith (1931; as Trionyx formosus), Bourret (1941; as Trionyx formosus), and Meylan (1987).
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