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Issue: Vol. 5706 No. 3: 13 Oct. 2025
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2025-10-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5706.3.8
Page range: 448-450
Abstract views: 138
PDF downloaded: 1

First record of the critically endangered Burmese peacock soft-shelled turtle Nilssonia formosa from India (Testudines: Trionychidae)

Bercsényi u. 21; 2464 Gyúró; Hungary.
Turtle Island; Am Katzelbach 98; 8054 Graz; Austria.
Reptilia Testudines Trionychidae Nilssonia formosa

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How to Cite

Farkas, B. & Praschag, P. (2025) First record of the critically endangered Burmese peacock soft-shelled turtle Nilssonia formosa from India (Testudines: Trionychidae). Zootaxa, 5706 (3), 448–450. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5706.3.8