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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Trionychidae
Bibliography of the genus Cycloderma
Biodiversity of the family Trionychidae








Genus
Cycloderma

Central African Flapshell Turtles, Central African Softshell Turtles, Dotted African Softshell Turtles

Zentralafrikanische Klappen-Weichschildkröten

Centralafrikanske Klapblødskildpadder

1854 Cycloderma Peters (type species: Cycloderma frenatum Peters 1854)
1860 Aspidochelys Gray (type species: Aspidochelys livingstonii Gray 1860; syn. Fritz & Havas 2006)
1860 Heptathyra Cope (type species: Cryptopus aubryi Dumeril 1856; syn. Fritz & Havas 2006)

Contents: 2 species, none of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Distribution: C. Africa.
Reported from: Angola (incl. Cabinda), Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Gabon, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zimbabwe.

Cycloderma aubryi

Forest Flapshell Turtle, (West African Flapshell Turtle, Aubry's Flapshell Turtle)

Rotrückige Klappen-Weichschildkröte

Congolesisk Klapblødskildpadde

1856 Cryptopus aubryi Dumeril
Cryptopodus aubryi Duméril 1856
Cycloderma aubryi Duméril 1860
Heptathyra aubryi Cope 1860

Distribution: Angola (Cabinda), Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Gabon.


Cycloderma frenatum

Zambezi Flapshell Turtle, Mozambique Flapshell Turtle, Zambezi Mud Turtle, Zambezi Softshell Turtle, Zambezi Softshell Terrapin

Graurückige Klappen-Weichschildkröte, Graue Klappen-Weichschildkröte

Mozambiquisk Klapblødskildpadde

1854 Cycloderma frenatum Peters
Cyclanosteus frenatus Gray 1856
Heptathyra frenata Gray 1864
1860 Aspidochelys livingstonii Gray (Fritz & Havas 2006)
Heptathyra livingstonii Gray 1864

Distribution: Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zimbabwe.