Indian peacock softshell turtle

Not to be confused with other species with similar common names at Indian softshell turtle (disambiguation).

Indian peacock softshell turtle (Nilssonia hurum) is a species of turtle found in South Asia and is listed on the IUCN Red List as a vulnerable species.

Basking, India

Indian peacock softshell turtle
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Trionychidae
Genus:	Nilssonia
Species:	N. hurum
Binomial name
Nilssonia hurum (Gray, 1831)[1]
Synonyms[3]
Trionyx occellatus Gray, 1830 Trionyx hurum Gray, 1831 Gymnopus duvaucelii Duméril & Bibron, 1835 Gymnopus ocellatus Duméril & Bibron, 1835 Trionyx bellii Gray, 1872 Trionyx sewaare Gray, 1872 Trionyx buchanani Theobald, 1874 Isola hurum Baur, 1893 Aspideretes hurum Hay, 1904 Aspidonectes hurum Hay, 1904 Tyrse hurum Hay, 1904 Amyda hurum Barbour, 1912 Gymnopus duvaucelli Smith, 1931 Trionix hurum Richard, 1999 Testudo chim Buchanan-Hamilton, 1831 (nomen nudum)

Geographical range

The Indian peacock soft-shell turtle is found in Bangladesh, India (the states of Mizoram, Assam, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), Nepal and Pakistan.^[1]

Type locality in India: Fatehgarh, Ganges, to Barrackpore (about 23 kilometers north of Calcutta), West Bengal, India".^[4]

References

1. Das, I.; Choudhury, B.C.; Ahmed, M.F.; Praschag, P.; Singh, S. (2021). "Nilssonia hurum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T39619A2931203. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T39619A2931203.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
3. Fritz 2007, p. 000.310
4. Webb, R.G. 1980 Gray, Hardwicke, Buchanan-Hamilton, and drawings of Indian soft-shell turtles (Family Trionychidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 1: 61-74. Webb (1980: 71)

Bibliography

• Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-01.

Further reading

• Safi, A., Khan, M. Z.,2014. Distribution and current population of freshwater turtles of District Charsadda of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The Journal of Zoology studies. 1(4): 31–38. http://www.journalofzoology.com
• Anderson, J. 1872 Note on Trionyx gangeticus, and Trionyx hurum, B. Hamilton. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 9: 382-383
• Anderson, J. 1872 On Trionyx gangeticus, Cuvier, Trionyx hurum, B.H. and Dr. Gray. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 10: 219-222
• Gray, J. E. 1831 A synopsis of the species of Class Reptilia. In: Griffith, E & E. Pidgeon: The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organisation by the Baron Cuvier with additional descriptions of all the species hither named, and of many before noticed [Vol. 9]. Whittaker, Treacher and Co., London: 481 + 110 pp.
• Gray, J.E. 1872 On Indian Mud-Tortoises (Trionyx). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 9: 473-475
• Meylan, P.A. 1987 The phylogenetic relationships of soft-shelled turtles (Family Trionychidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 186 (1):1-101.