Asian narrow-headed softshell turtle

{{Speciesbox

| name = Asian narrow-headed softshell turtle

| image = Chitra selenkae.jpg

| image_caption = Fossil carapace

| status = CR

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status2 = CITES_A1

| status2_system = CITES

| status2_ref = {{Cite web|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|url=https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date=2022-01-14|website=cites.org}}

| genus = Chitra

| species = chitra

| authority = Nutaphand, 1986

| synonyms =

;Chitra chitra chitra

Chitra chitra
{{small|Nutaphand, 1986}}
Chitra chitra chitra
{{small|— McCord & Pritchard, 2003}}

;Chitra chitra javanensis

? Chitra selenkae
{{small|Jaekel, 1911}}
Chitra chitra javanensis
{{small|McCord & Pritchard, 2003}}
Chitra chitra javanica
{{small|Iskandar & Mumpuni, 2003}}
(ex errore)
Chitra chitra javaensis
{{small|Artner, 2003}}
(ex errore)

| synonyms_ref = {{Cite journal|journal=Vertebrate Zoology |title=Checklist of Chelonians of the World |year=2007 |author=Fritz, Uwe |author2=Havaš, Peter |volume=57 |issue=2 |pages=311–312 |doi=10.3897/vz.57.e30895 |doi-access=free |issn=1864-5755 |url=https://zenodo.org/records/7511437/files/VZ_article_30895.pdf }}

|status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Cota, M. |author2=Guntoro, J. |author3=As-singkily, M. |author4=Hamidy, A. |author5=Kusrini, M.D. |date=2019 |title=Chitra chitra |volume=2019 |page=e.T4695A152049778 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T4695A152049778.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}

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The Asian narrow-headed softshell turtle (Chitra chitra) is a large species of softshell turtle in the family Trionychidae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia.

Common names

Chitra chitra is also known commonly as Nutaphand's narrowhead softshell. It is a name given in honor of Wirot Nutaphand, a Thai herpetologist who did taxonomy.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. ("Nutaphand's Narrowhead Softshell Chitra chitra ", p. 192).

Description

C. chitra can reach a straight carapace length of 4.9 ft (1.5 m).{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}

Geographic range

C. chitra is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.

Habitat

C. chitra inhabits freshwater rivers and their tributaries.

Reproduction

C. chitra is oviparous. Nutaphand (1986) reported that a large female laid over 100 eggs.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.{{EMBL species|genus=Chitra|species=chitra}}. www.reptile-database.org.

Chitra chitra chitra {{small|Nutaphand, 1986}} – Malaysia, Thailand
Chitra chitra javanensis {{small|McCord & Pritchard, 2003}} – Java, Sumatra

In captivity

The largest C. chitra in the world was a female named Sumo. She was a pet in the possession of Kittipong Jaruthanin, a Thai fish explorer and collector. She died in September 2023, aged more than 40 years.{{cite web|language=thai|date=2023-09-28|accessdate=2023-09-29|title=เตรียมพบกับข้อมูลของ'ซูโม่'ในแง่มุมต่างๆอย่างครบถ้วน|first=Kittipong|last=Jaruthanin|work=Facebook|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=6094202300679145&set=a.326169277482505}}