Major General James G. Blunt

Chitra is a genus of turtles in the family Trionychidae.

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.

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).
Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley (2010-12-14). "Turtles of the World 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution and Conservation Status" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-12-15.