Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates 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.