Leith's softshell turtle

Leith's 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: Nilssonia
Species:
N. leithii
Binomial name
Nilssonia leithii
(Gray, 1872)[1]
Synonyms[3]

Leith's softshell turtle (Nilssonia leithii) is a species of turtle in the family Trionychidae. The species is found in peninsular Indian rivers including the Thungabhadra, Ghataprabha, Bhavani, Godavari, Kaveri and Moyar Rivers.[4] The type locality is Pune in India.[5]

  1. ^ a b Praschag, P.; Das, I.; Choudhury, B.C.; Singh, S. (2021). "Nilssonia leithii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T2174A2778380. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T2174A2778380.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ Fritz 2007, pp. 310–311
  4. ^ Das, I., Sirsi, S., Vasudevan, K., and  Murthy ,B.H.C.K (2014). Nilssonia  leithii  (Gray  1872)  –  Leith’s  Softshell  Turtle.  In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Pritchard, P.C.H., van Dijk, P.P., Saumure, R.A., Buhlmann, K.A., Iverson,  J.B.,  and  Mittermeier, R.A.  (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles  and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5,  pp.  075.1–5,  doi:10.3854/crm.5.075.leithii.v1.2014,  http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/cbftt/.
  5. ^ Gray,J.E.1872. Notes on the mud-turtles of India (Trionyx, Geoffroy). Annals and Magazines of Natural History (4)10:326–340