Zambezi flapshell turtle

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Zambezi flapshell turtle
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Head of a Cycloderma frenatum
CITES Appendix II (CITES) [2]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Trionychidae
Genus: Cycloderma
Species:
C. frenatum
Binomial name
Cycloderma frenatum
W. Peters, 1854
Synonyms [3]
  • Cycloderma frenatum
    W. Peters, 1854
  • Cyclanosteus frenatus
    Gray, 1856
  • Aspidochelys livingstonii
    Gray, 1860
  • Heptathyra frenata
    — Gray, 1864
  • Heptathyra livingstonii
    — Gray, 1864
  • Gymnopus subplanus
    A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835
  • Amyda subplana
    Fitzinger, 1843
  • Dogania subplana
    — Gray, 1844
  • Trionyx frenatus
    — Gray, 1856
  • Dogania guentheri
    Gray, 1862
  • Trionyx guentheri
    Günther, 1864
  • Potamochelys frenatus
    — Gray, 1864

The Zambezi flapshell turtle (Cycloderma frenatum) is a species of softshell turtle in the family Trionychidae). Within its family, C. frenatum belongs to the smaller, and exclusively Old World, subfamily Cyclanorbinae.

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Geographic range

C. frenatum is found in southeastern Africa, in the countries of Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zanzibar, and Zimbabwe, [4] and mainly in the Zambezi basin.

Conservation status

C. frenatum is becoming rare due to habitat loss.

Plastron with the peculiar hindleg flaps AspidochelysLivingstoniiFordPlastron.jpg
Plastron with the peculiar hindleg flaps

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References

  1. van Dijk, P.P. (2016). "Cycloderma frenatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T6009A3088072. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T6009A3088072.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 314–315. ISSN   1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  4. "Cycloderma frenatum ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

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