Indian peacock softshell turtle

Indian peacock softshell turtle
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
	CITES Appendix I
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Trionychidae
Genus:	Nilssonia
Species:	N. hurum
Binomial name
	Nilssonia hurum; (Gray, 1831)
Synonyms
	Trionyx occellatus Gray, 1830; Trionyx hurum Gray, 1831; Gymnopus duvaucelii Duméril & Bibron, 1835; Gymnopus ocellatus Duméril & Bibron, 1835; Trionyx bellii Gray, 1872; Trionyx sewaare Gray, 1872; Trionyx buchanani Theobald, 1874; Isola hurum Baur, 1893; Aspideretes hurum Hay, 1904; Aspidonectes hurum Hay, 1904; Tyrse hurum Hay, 1904; Amyda hurum Barbour, 1912; Gymnopus duvaucelli Smith, 1931; Trionix hurum Richard, 1999; Testudo chim Buchanan-Hamilton, 1831 (nomen nudum);

Indian peacock softshell turtle (Nilssonia hurum) is a species of turtle found in South Asia and is listed on the IUCN Red List as a vulnerable species.

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Indian peacock softshell turtle

Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
CITES Appendix I ^[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Trionychidae
Genus:	Nilssonia
Species:	N. hurum
Binomial name
*Nilssonia hurum* (Gray, 1831)^[1]
Synonyms^[3]
Trionyx occellatus Gray, 1830 Trionyx hurum Gray, 1831 Gymnopus duvaucelii Duméril & Bibron, 1835 Gymnopus ocellatus Duméril & Bibron, 1835 Trionyx bellii Gray, 1872 Trionyx sewaare Gray, 1872 Trionyx buchanani Theobald, 1874 Isola hurum Baur, 1893 Aspideretes hurum Hay, 1904 Aspidonectes hurum Hay, 1904 Tyrse hurum Hay, 1904 Amyda hurum Barbour, 1912 Gymnopus duvaucelli Smith, 1931 Trionix hurum Richard, 1999 Testudo chim Buchanan-Hamilton, 1831 (nomen nudum)