Chitra is a genus of turtles in the family Trionychidae.
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| Skeleton of a Chitra chitra shell at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | Trionychidae |
| Subfamily: | Trionychinae |
| Genus: | Chitra Gray, 1844[1] |
Species
edit- Chitra chitra Nutaphand, 1986 – Asian narrow-headed softshell turtle[1]
- Chitra indica (Gray, 1830) – Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle[1]
- Chitra vandijki McCord & Pritchard, 2003 – Burmese narrow-headed softshell turtle[1]
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Chitra.
References
edit- 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; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley (2010-12-14). "Turtles of the World 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution and Conservation Status" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
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