Chitra (turtle)

{{Automatic taxobox

| name = Chitra

| image = Chitra selenkae.jpg

| image_caption = Skeleton of a Chitra chitra shell at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin

| taxon = Chitra

| authority = Gray, 1844{{Harnvb|Rhodin|2010|p=000.126}}

}}

Chitra is a genus of turtles in the family Trionychidae.

Species

Chitra chitra {{small|Nutaphand, 1986}} – Asian narrow-headed softshell turtle
C. c. chitra {{small|Nutaphand, 1986}} – Siamese narrow-headed softshell turtle
C. c. javanensis {{small|McCord & Pritchard, 2003}} – Javanese narrow-headed softshell turtle
Chitra indica {{small|(Gray, 1830)}} – Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle
Chitra vandijki {{small|McCord & Pritchard, 2003}} – Burmese narrow-headed softshell turtle

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Chitra.

;Bibliography

Gray JE (1844). Catalogue of the Tortoises, Crocodiles, and Amphisbænians, in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). viii + 80 pp. (Chitra, new genus, p. 49).
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