Chitra (turtle)

Chitra is a genus of Asian turtles in the family Trionychidae.

Species

• Chitra chitra – Asian narrow-headed softshell turtle
• C. c. chitra – Siamese narrow-headed softshell turtle
• C. c. javanensis – Javanese narrow-headed softshell turtle
• Chitra indica – Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle
• Chitra vandijki – Burmese narrow-headed softshell turtle

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Chitra.

References

• Gray JE (1844). Catalogue of the Tortoises, Crocodiles, and Amphisbænians, in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). viii + 80 pp. (Chitra, new genus, p. 49).
• Chelonian Research Monographs 5: 000.85–000.164.