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Taxon ID: 38,963 Total records: 39,143

Nilssonia formosa

Country

Country	Myanmar
Continent Ocean	Asia

Classification

Kingdom	Animalia (COL)
Phylum	Chordata (COL)
Class	Reptilia (COL)
Order	Testudines (COL)
Family	Trionychidae (COL)

Taxonomy

Genus	Nilssonia	Reference
SubGenus		Vernacular Name
Species	formosa	IUCN Threat Status-Year	Endangered, 2000
SubSpecies		Nat'l Threat Status-Year	Not Evaluated, 2000
Infraspecies		Reason for Change
Infraspecies Rank		CITES
Taxonomic Group	Reptiles	Native Status	Endemic
Scientific Name Author	Gray, 1869	Country Distribution	Myanmar
Citation	Asian Turtle Trade Working Group 2000. Nilssonia formosa (errata version published in 2016). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2000: e.T14765A97400105. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T14765A4460404.en. Downloaded on 04 March 2020.	Description	JUSTIFICATION Traded in some numbers in the East Asian food trade; uncommon to rare in the wild; not known to inhabit effectively protected areas; and life history is particularly sensitive to exploitation of adults. THREATS This species is traded in some numbers in the East Asian food trade. It is uncommon to rare in the wild, not known to inhabit effectively protected areas, and has a life history particularly sensitive to exploitation of adults.
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Record Level

Date Last Modified	2020-03-05 11:31:36
Institution Code	ACBBISS-MM
Collection Code	38963
Catalog Number	ACBBISS-MM-38963
Record URL	https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14765/97400105; http://eol.org/pages/791356/overview; http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019/details/species/id/79cfffbf4f5aea8596f61e27e90946b4

Growth Parameters

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Collecting Event

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Additional Info

Synonyms To Manage Synonyms for Nilssonia formosa, click this link: Synonyms.	Trionyx formosus Gray, 1869 ¦ Trionyx grayii Theobald, 1875 ¦
Common Names To Manage Common Names for Nilssonia formosa, click this link: Common Names.	Burmese Soft-shelled Turtle ()
Localities To Manage Localities for Nilssonia formosa, click this link: Localities.	No Locality records in database.

Species Record Updated By: Carlos Aurelio Callangan