Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Black Soft-Shell Turtle, Black Soft-Shelled Turtle, Black Softshell, Black Softshell Turtle
Common Names in German:
Dunkle Weichschildkrote
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater
Ecology: Semi-aquatic[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Reptilia
()
- Reptiles
- Subclass:
Anapsida
()
- Order:
Testudines
()
- Suborder:
Cryptodira
()
- Superfamily:
Trionychoidea
()
- Family:
Trionychidae
()
- Subfamily:
Trionychinae
()
- Genus:
Aspideretes
()
- Hay, 1904b
- Specific name:
nigricans
- ANDERSON 1875
- Scientific name: - Aspideretes nigricans ANDERSON 1875
- Specific name:
nigricans
- ANDERSON 1875
- Genus:
Aspideretes
(
- Subfamily:
Trionychinae
(
- Family:
Trionychidae
(
- Superfamily:
Trionychoidea
(
- Suborder:
Cryptodira
(
- Order:
Testudines
(
- Subclass:
Anapsida
(
- Class:
Reptilia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Trionyx nigricans Anderson 1875
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name .
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Aspideretes
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. gangeticus (Indian Softshell Turtle) · A. hurum (Indian Peacock Softshell Turtle) · A. leithii (Leith's Softshell Turtle) · A. nigricans (Black Soft-Shell Turtle)
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Further Reading
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- 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993 url p. 77.
- Annotated CITES Appendices and Reservations CITES url p. 90.
- Checklist of CITES Species CITES, WCMC url p. 104.
- Checklist of CITES Species: a reference to the appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES url p. 229, p. 231, p. 68, p. 75, p. 78.
- Checklist of herpetofauna listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 8.
- Checklist of reptiles and amphibians listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 12.
Notes
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Contributors
- Asmat, G.S.M 2002. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2688420
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-3196
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 551873
- IUCN ID: 2173
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1969
Footnotes
- Asmat, G.S.M 2002. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
