Striped Narrow-Headed Softshell Turtle

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Striped Narrow-Headed Softshell Turtle
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Testudines Family: Trionychidae Genus: Chitra Species: C. chitra
Binomial name
Chitra chitra Nutphand, 1986

The Striped Narrow-Headed Softshell Turtle (Chitra chitra) is a species of softshell turtle in the Trionychidae family. It it found in Indonesia, possibly Malaysia, and Thailand.

[edit] Source

• Asian Turtle Trade Working Group 2000. Chitra chitra. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 09 July 2007.