Amyda
Amyda cartilaginea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Trionychidae
Subfamily: Trionychinae
Genus: Amyda
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809[1]
Species

Amyda cartilaginea
Amyda ornata

Amyda is a genus of softshell turtles in the family Trionychidae. It contains two extant species:[2]

Both species were formerly considered subspecies of a single species, Amyda cartilaginea, but phylogenetic evidence supports both being distinct from one another. An undescribed species is also known from Borneo.[3]

The fossil taxon †'Amyda' gregaria from the Eocene of Inner Mongolia has been tentatively placed in the genus Trionyx.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Fritz, Uwe, and Peter Havaš. 2007. Checklist of Chelonians of the World. Vertebrate Zoology 57 (2): 149-368. (Amyda, p. 303.)
  2. ↑ Rhodin, Anders G.J. (2021-11-15). Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (9th Ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs. Vol. 8. Chelonian Research Foundation and Turtle Conservancy. doi:10.3854/crm.8.checklist.atlas.v9.2021. ISBN 978-0-9910368-3-7. S2CID 244279960.
  3. ↑ Peter., Fritz, Uwe. Gemel, Richard. Kehlmaier, Christian. Vamberger, Melita. Praschag. Phylogeography of the Asian softshell turtle Amyda cartilaginea (Boddaert, 1770) : evidence for a species complex. OCLC 1005262127.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ Georgalis, Georgios L.; Joyce, Walter G. (April 2017). "A Review of the Fossil Record of Old World Turtles of the Clade Pan-Trionychidae". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 58 (1): 115–208. doi:10.3374/014.058.0106. ISSN 0079-032X. S2CID 89732695.


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