Overview
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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
()
- 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:
Carettochelyidae
()
- 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:
Carettochelyidae
(
- 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
(
Unambiguous 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 6 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. beecheri · A. gangeticus (Ganges Soft-Shelled Turtle) · A. hurum (Indian Peacock Softshell Turtle) · A. leithi · A. leithii (Leith's Softshell Turtle) · A. nigricans (Black Soft-Shelled Turtle)
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Further Reading
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- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Groombridge, B. 1982. The IUCN Amphibia-Reptilia Red Data Book, Part 1: Testudines, Crocodylia, Rhynocehapalia. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Hilton-Taylor, C. (compiler). 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- IUCN. 2002. 2002 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. . Downloaded on 8 October 2002.
- IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group and Asian Turtle Trade Working Group. 2000. Changes to 1996 IUCN Red List Status of Asian Turtle Species. In: P.P. van Dijk, B.L. Stuart and A.G.J. Rhodin (eds). Asian Turtle Trade: Proceedings of a Workshop on Conservation and Trade of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises in Asia, pp.156-164. Chelonian Research Monographs 2. Chelonian Research Foundation, Lunenburg, Massachusetts, USA.
- Iverson, J. B. 1992. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. Privately Printed. Richmond, Indiana. ISBN: 0-9617431-0-5.
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.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
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]
