Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Reptilia > Order: Testudines > Family: Tryonichidae > Genus: Trionyx > Species: Trionyx triunguis

Trionyx triunguis (Forsskål, 1775)

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Threat status Europe	Not Applicable (IUCN)
Protected by	3 international agreements

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Critically endangered

Europe

Not Applicable

Not evaluated

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

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Natura 2000 sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex II: strictly protected fauna species	http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
	Revised Annex I of Resolution 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention listing the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures (year of revision 2011)	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention lists the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming for the Emerald network]
Barcelona Convention Protocol concerning Specially Protected Areas and Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean (SPA/BD Protocol)	Annex II: Endangered or threatened species that the Parties shall manage with the aim of maintaining them in a favourable state of conservation. They shall ensure their maximum possible protection and recovery.	http://rac-spa.org/protocol http://rac-spa.org/sites/def...sion_ig_19_12_en.pdf

Common names and synonyms

The species has no common names

Synonym	Author
Testudo triunguis	Forsskal, 1775
Trionyx aegytiacus	Geoffroy, 1809
Trionyx niloticus	Gray, 1831
Trionyx labiatus	Bell, 1837
Trionyx mortoni	Hallowell, 1844
Aspidonectes aspilus	Cope , 1860
Fordia africana	Gray, 1869
Trionyx triunguis subsp. rudolfianus	Deraniyagala, 1948
Tryonix triunguis

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