Biology:Chitra (genus)

Short description: Genus of turtles

Chitra
Skeleton of a Chitra chitra shell at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Trionychidae
Subfamily:	Trionychinae
Genus:	Chitra Gray, 1844

Chitra is a genus of turtles in the family Trionychidae.

Species

• Chitra chitra Nutaphand, 1986 – Asian narrow-headed softshell turtle
  • C. c. chitra Nutaphand, 1986 – Siamese narrow-headed softshell turtle
  • C. c. javanensis McCord & Pritchard, 2003 – Javanese narrow-headed softshell turtle
• Chitra indica (Gray, 1830) – Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle
• Chitra vandijki McCord & Pritchard, 2003 – Burmese narrow-headed softshell turtle

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Chitra.

References

Bibliography

• Gray JE (1844). Catalogue of the Tortoises, Crocodiles, and Amphisbænians, in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). viii + 80 pp. (Chitra, new genus, p. 49).
• Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul (2010-12-14). "Turtles of the World 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution and Conservation Status". http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/file/Accounts/crm_5_000_checklist_v3_2010.pdf. 

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