Aubry's flapshell turtle

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Aubry's flapshell turtle
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Trionychidae
Genus: Cycloderma
Species:
C. aubryi
Binomial name
Cycloderma aubryi
Synonyms [3]
  • Cryptopus aubryi
    A.H.A. Duméril, 1856
  • Cryptopodus aubryi
    — A.H.A. Duméril, 1856
  • Cycloderma aubryi
    — A.H.A. Duméril, 1860
  • Heptathyra aubryi
    — Cope, 1860

Aubry's flapshell turtle (Cycloderma aubryi) [4] is a species of softshell turtle in the family Trionychidae. The species is endemic to Central Africa.

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Etymology

The specific name, aubryi, is in honor of Charles Eugène Aubry-Lecomte (1821–1879), who was a French civil servant and an amateur naturalist. [5]

Geographic range

C. aubryi is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, the Cabinda Province of Angola and likely in the Central African Republic. [6]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of C. aubryi are forest and freshwater wetlands, at altitudes up to 500 m (1,600 ft). [1]

Diet

Adults of C. aubryi prey upon crabs, crayfish, and fish. Juveniles may also eat insects. [1]

Conservation status

In 2017, the IUCN listed C. aubryi as vulnerable. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Chirio, L.; Diagne, T.; Pauwels, O.S.G. (2017). "Cycloderma aubryi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T163448A1009393. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T163448A1009393.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ↑ 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). Chelonian Research Monographs. 5: 000.124. doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v3.2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2010-12-15.
  3. ↑ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 313–314. ISSN   1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  4. ↑ Animaldiversity.umich.edu
  5. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cycloderma aubryi, p. 12).
  6. ↑ JCVI.org

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