Chitra is a genus of turtles in the family Trionychidae. Species Chitra chitra – Asian narrow-headed softshell turtle C. c. chitra – Siamese narrow-headed softshell turtle C. c. javanensis – Javanese narrow-headed softshell turtle Chitra indica – Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle Chitra vandijki – 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. References 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). Turtle genera Taxa named by John Edward Gray