EMYSystem Genus Page: Cycloderma
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OrderOrder Testudines (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
FamilyFamily Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)
SubfamilySubfamily Cyclanorbinae (Flapshell Softshell Turtles)
GenusGenus Cycloderma (Central African Flapshell Turtles)
Species
range of genus Cycloderma
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C. aubryi
C. frenatum
 
Original Description Peters 1854 : 268
Common name Central African Flapshell Turtles
Distribution Central to southeastern Africa
Comments Genus and species reviewed by Loveridge and Williams (1957) and Meylan (1987).
 
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