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Nilssonia hurum (GRAY, 1831)

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Higher TaxaTrionychidae (Trionychinae), Trionychoidea, Testudines (turtles)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: (Indian) Peacock Soft-shelled Turtle
G: Pfauenaugen-Weichschildkröte 
SynonymTrionyx hurum GRAY 1831: 47 (plate 10)
Testudo chim HAMILTON 1831 (nomen nudum)
Trionyx ocellatus — GRAY 1830
Gymnopus duvaucelii DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1835: 487 (partim)
Trionyx sewaare GRAY 1872
Trionyx bellii GRAY 1872
Isola hurum — BAUR 1893
Trionyx buchanani THEOBALD 1874
Trionyx hurum — ALDERTON 1988
Aspideretes hurum — ERNST & BARBOUR 1989: 107
Aspideretes hurum — HALLERMANN et al. 2001
Aspideretes hurum — GEMEL & PRASCHAG 2003
Aspideretes hurum — BONIN et al 2006
Nilssonia hurum — PRASCHAG et al. 2007
Aspideretes hurum — FRITZ & HAVAŠ 2007
Aspideretes hurum — MURTHY 2010: 24
Aspideretes hurum — LENZ 2012
Nilssonia hurum — LIEBING et al. 2012
Nilssonia hurum — TTWG 2014: 416
Nilssonia hurum — TTWG 2021 
DistributionNepal, India (Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir etc.), Bangladesh (in the Brahmaputra and Ganges rivers), Pakistan (fide Khan, pers. comm.)

Type locality: "India"; restricted by Smith (1931: 171) to "Fatehgarh, Ganges," India; restricted by Webb (1980: 71), to "Barrackpore (about 23 kilometers north Calcutta), West Bengal, India"  
Reproductionoviparous. 
TypesHolotype: iconotype, Plate 66, Gray 1835 ("1830-35"), fide King & Burke 1989. 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1744 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentTrionyx ocellatus GRAY 1830 is a primary homonym of Trionyx ocellatus LESUEUR 1827 (= Apalone spinifera LESUEUR 1827) and is thus not available. For a more complete synonymy see GEMEL & PRASCHAG (2003).

See also note in Nilssonia formosa.

According to the molecular data of Engstrom et al. (2004) Aspideretes should be renamed Nillsonia as Nilssonia (GRAY 1872) has priority over Aspideretes (HAY 1903).

Distribution: possibly in Bhutan (Lenz 2012 and references therein).

Habitat: freshwater (rivers and tributaries, lakes) 
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