Chitra (turtle)

Chitra is a genus of turtles in the family Trionychidae.

Chitra
Skeleton of a Chitra chitra shell at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Trionychidae
Subfamily:	Trionychinae
Genus:	Chitra Gray, 1844[1]

Species

• Chitra chitra Nutaphand, 1986 – Asian narrow-headed softshell turtle^[1]
  • C. c. chitra Nutaphand, 1986 – Siamese narrow-headed softshell turtle^[1]
  • C. c. javanensis McCord & Pritchard, 2003 – Javanese narrow-headed softshell turtle^[1]
• Chitra indica (Gray, 1830) – Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle^[1]
• Chitra vandijki McCord & Pritchard, 2003 – Burmese narrow-headed softshell turtle^[1]

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