Nilssonia gangetica (Cuvier, 1825)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Cuvier, G. L. C. F. D. Recherches sur les ossemens fossiles de quadrupèdes, où l’on rétablit les caractères du plusieurs espèces d’animaux que les révolutions du globe paroissent avoir détruites.
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Testudines
- family
- Trionychidae
- genus
- Nilssonia
- species
- Nilssonia gangetica
Name
- Synonyms
- Aspideretes gangeticus (Cuvier, 1825)
- Aspilus gataghol Gray, 1872
- Trionys hurum Gray
- Trionyx gangeticus Cuvier, 1825
- Trionyx gangeticus mahanaddicus Annandale, 1889
- Trionyx javanicus Gray, 1830
- Homonyms
- Nilssonia gangetica (Cuvier, 1825)
- Common names
- Ganges Soft-shelled Turtle in English
- Ganges-Weichschildkröte in German
- Indian Softshell Turtle in English
- Indian softshell turtle in English
- Indian Softshell Turtle in English
Bibliographic References
- Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., J. Iverson, A. Rhodin, H. Shaffer, and R. Bour], 2014: Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 5, v. 7. 329-479.
- Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Jirí Hošek (eds.). (2021). The Reptile Database.