Asiatic softshell turtle

Asiatic softshell turtle
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Trionychidae
Genus: Amyda
Species:
A. cartilaginea
Binomial name
Amyda cartilaginea
(Boddaert, 1770)
Synonyms[2]
  • Testudo cartilaginea Boddaert, 1770
  • Testudo membranacea Blumenbach, 1779
  • Testudo boddaerti Schneider, 1787
  • Testudo bodderti Schneider, 1787 (ex errore)
  • Amyda javanica Schweigger, 1809 (nomen nudum)
  • Trionyx javanicus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809
  • Trionyx stellatus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810(nomen novum)
  • Aspidonectes javanicus Wagler, 1830
  • Gymnopus javanicus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835
  • Gymnopus cartilaginea Cantor, 1847
  • Trionyx cariniferus Gray, 1856
  • Trionyx ornatus Gray, 1861
  • Aspilus cariniferus Gray, 1864
  • Aspilus ornatus Gray, 1864
  • Aspilus punctulatus Gray, 1864
  • Potamochelys stellatus Gray, 1864
  • Trionyx phayrei Theobald, 1868
  • Trionyx jeudi Gray, 1869
  • Aspilus javanicus Gray, 1873
  • Ida ornata Gray, 1873
  • Trionyx ephippium Theobald, 1875
  • Trionyx cartilagineus Boulenger, 1889
  • Trionyx phayrii Boulenger, 1889 (ex errore)
  • Aspidonectes cartilagineus Baur, 1893
  • Aspidonectes phayrei Baur, 1893
  • Potamochelys cartilagineus O.P. Hay, 1904
  • Potamochelys javanicus O.P. Hay, 1904
  • Amyda cartilaginea Barbour, 1912
  • Amyda phayrii Barbour, 1912
  • Trionyx boddaertii Bourret, 1941 (ex errore)
  • Trionyx carinifera Bourret, 1941
  • Trionyx cartilagneus Thelwall, 1971 (ex errore)
  • Testudo boddaerta Auffenberg, 1974 (ex errore)
  • Trionyx cartilaginosis Auffenberg, 1974 (ex errore)
  • Trionyx cartilaginosus Auffenberg, 1974 (ex errore)
  • Tryonyx cartilageneus Nutaphand, 1979 (ex errore)
  • Trionyx cartilageneus Nutaphand, 1979
  • Trionyx cartlageneus Nutaphand, 1979 (ex errore)
  • Trionyx nakornsrithammarajensis Nutaphand, 1979
  • Trionyx cartilaginous Chkhikvadze, 1987 (ex errore)
  • Amyda nakornsrithammarajensis Ernst & Barbour, 1989
  • Amyda nakornsrithammarajensis Stubbs, 1989
  • Trionyx cartilageneus nakorn Nutaphand, 1990
  • Trionyx cartilageneus cartilageneus Nutaphand, 1990
  • Amyda cartilaginae Nöllert, 1992 (ex errore)
  • Trionyx cartilagineus nakorn Obst, 1996
  • Trionix cartilagineus Richard, 1999

The Asiatic softshell turtle or black-rayed softshell turtle (Amyda cartilaginea)[3] is a species of softshell turtle in the Trionychidae family. Despite its name, it is not the only softshell turtle in Asia (most trionychines are Asian).[2]

  1. ^ "Appendices | CITES". Cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  2. ^ a b Fritz, Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 303–305. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755. S2CID 87809001.
  3. ^ http://www.petinfospot.com/turtle/softshell-turtle-black-rayed-958/ [permanent dead link]