Burmese narrow-headed softshell turtle

Burmese narrow-headed softshell turtle
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Trionychidae
Genus: Chitra
Species:
C. vandijki
Binomial name
Chitra vandijki
Synonyms[4]

The Burmese narrow-headed softshell turtle (Chitra vandijki), also known commonly as the Myanmar narrow-headed softshell turtle and Van Dijk's chitra, is a species of turtle in the family Trionychidae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia.

  1. ^ Platt, K.; Praschag, P.; Horne, B.D. (2021). "Chitra vandijki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T170525A1316195. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T170525A1316195.en. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ Rhodin et al. 2010, p. 000.206
  4. ^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2). At the request of the CITES Nomenclature Committee and the German Agency for Nature Conservation and funded by the Museum für Tierkunde Dresden and the German Federal Ministry of Environment: 149–368. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755.