You selected Pelochelys cumingii GRAY 1864. This is an ambiguous synonym for:
| Accepted scientific name: |
| Chitra indica Gray 1831 (accepted name) |
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| Synonyms: |
| Chitra indica BOETTGER 1886 (synonym) |
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| Gymnopus indicus CANTOR 1847 (ambiguous synonym) |
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| Gymnopus lineatus DUMÉRIL 1835 (synonym) |
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| Pelochelys bibroni SMITH 1931 (ambiguous synonym) |
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| Pelochelys bibronii BOULENGER 1889 (ambiguous synonym) |
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| Pelochelys cantorii GRAY 1864 (ambiguous synonym) |
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| Pelochelys cantoris BOULENGER 1889 (ambiguous synonym) |
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| Pelochelys cumingii GRAY 1864 (ambiguous synonym) |
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| Pelochelys poljakowii SMITH 1931 (ambiguous synonym) |
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| Testudo membranacea BLUMENBACH 1779 (synonym) |
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| Trionyx aegyptiacus Gray 1831 (ambiguous synonym) |
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| Trionyx indica TAYLOR 1970 (ambiguous synonym) |
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| Trionyx indicus Gray 1831 (ambiguous synonym) |
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| Trionyx lineatus MARTENS 1876 (synonym) |
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| Common names: |
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| Narrow-headed soft-shelled Turtle |
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| Classification: |
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Animalia |
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Chordata |
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| Class |
Reptilia |
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Testudines |
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| Family |
Trionychidae |
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| Genus |
Chitra |
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| Distribution: |
India (Ganges, Godavari , Mahanadi, Sutlaj, Indus) Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh. Terra typica: "India, fl. Ganges, Penang"; restricted by Smith (1931:162) to "Fatehgarh, Ganges," India = India: Ganges; Futtaghur (GRAY 1864: 92) |
| Additional data: |
Holotype: specimen illustrated on Plate 80 in GRAY’s Ill. Ind. Zool. (1831) COX et al. 1998 consider Chitra chitra as a valid species although it might be treated as subspecies of Chitra indica. ENGSTROM et al. (2002) suggest that the single species currently recognized in this genus (Chitra indica) actually represents three species. Synonymy mostly after MCCORD & PRITCHARD 2002. Length: up to 115 cm (carapace) DIAGNOSIS (DIAGNOSTIC CHARACTERS) according to MCCORD & PRITCHARD (2002): (1) overall color: olive to deep olive-green; (2) very complex midline (vertebral) carapacial pattern; (3) midline (vertebral) carapacial stripe present; (4) complex radiating costal stripes; (5) paramedian neck stripes forming a bell-like pattern on anterior carapace absent; (6) neck stripes do not form a continuous light rim around carapace; (7) no distinct pair of neck stripes; (8) dark speckling on light (head and neck) stripes; (9) anterior neck V divergence point on neck; (10) 3-4 forelimb lamellae; (11) no peri-orbital X pattern; (12) no distinct peri-orbital ocelli; (13) no distinct naso-orbital triangular figure; (14) few, if any, black dots present on chin pattern.
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| Source database: |
TIGR Reptiles, Oct 2007 |
| Latest taxonomic scrutiny: |
Uetz P., |
| Online resource: |
http://www.tigr.org/reptiles/species.php?genus=Chitra&species=indica
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| CoL taxon LSID: |
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