Burmese peacock softshell

Burmese peacock softshell
	Illustration by Philibert land Berjeau, 1878
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
	CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Trionychidae
Genus:	Nilssonia
Species:	N. formosa
Binomial name
	Nilssonia formosa; (Gray, 1869)
Synonyms
	Trionyx formosus Gray, 1869; Trionyx peguensis Gray, 1870; Nilssonia formosa Gray, 1872; Isola peguensis Gray, 1873; Trionyx grayii Theobald, 1875; Aspidonectes formosus Baur, 1893; Isola formosa Hay, 1904; Trionyx formosa Gadow, 1923; Amyda formosus Mell, 1929; Trionyx grayi Smith, 1931 (ex errore); Amyda formosa Mertens, Müller & Rust, 1934; Trionyx fomosus Gosławski & Hryniewicz, 1993 (ex errore); Trionyx formosanus Jenkins, 1995 (ex errore); Trionix formosus Richard, 1999;

The Burmese peacock softshell turtle (Nilssonia formosa) is a species of softshell turtle in the Trionychidae family. It is one of five species in the genus Nilssonia.

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