| 词条 | Leith's softshell turtle |
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| image = Leith's Softshell Turtle.jpg | status = VU | status_system = IUCN2.3 | status_ref = [1][2] | genus = Nilssonia | species = leithii | authority = (Gray, 1872)[1] | synonyms = *Trionyx javanicus {{small|— Gray, 1831}} (part)
| synonyms_ref = [3] | range_map = | range_map_caption = }} Leith's softshell turtle (Nilssonia leithii ) is a species of turtle in the family Trionychidae. The species is found in peninsular Indian rivers including the Bhavani, Godavari, and Moyar Rivers. The type locality is Pune in India. EtymologyThe specific name, leithii, is in honor of Andrew H. Leith, a physician with the Bombay Sanitary Commission.[4] DescriptionNilssonia leithii is intermediate between Nilssonia gangetica and Nilssonia hurum. It is like the former in the width of the interorbital apace, the comparatively short mandibular symphysis, and the markings of the head. It is like the latter in the longer and more pointed snout, the absence of a strong ridge on the inner alveolar surface of the mandible, and in the presence, in the young, of four or more dorsal ocelli, which are, however, smaller than in N. hurum.[5]Adults may attain a straight carapace length of {{convert|64|cm|in|abbr=on}}.[6] DietN. leithii preys on mosquito larvae, crabs, freshwater molluscs, and fish.[6]ReproductionThe adult female N. leithii lays eggs in June. The eggs are spherical, and the diameter of each egg is 30 to 31 mm (1.2 in).[6] Geographic rangeLeith's softshell turtle is endemic to peninsular India in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu[2] and Odisha[1] ==References== 1. ^1 2 {{Harnvb|Rhodin|2011|p=000.207}} 2. ^1 Nilssonia leithii from the IUCN Red list 3. ^{{Harnvb|Fritz|2007|pp=310-311}} 4. ^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}}. (Nilssonia leithii, p. 155). 5. ^Boulenger GA (1890). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Trionyx leithii, p. 12). 6. ^1 2 Das I (2002). Snakes and other Reptiles of India. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. {{ISBN|0-88359-056-5}}. (Aspideretes leithii, p. 138). Further reading
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