EMYSystem Species Page: Cycloderma aubryi
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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)
SpeciesSpecies Cycloderma aubryi (Aubry's Flapshell Turtle)
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Original Description Duméril 1856 : 374
Type Locality "Gabon"
Holotype MNHN 8006
Original name Cryptopodus [lapsus for Cryptopus] Aubryi
Common name Aubry's Flapshell Turtle
Distribution Central African Republic, Gabon, Cabinda, Rep. Congo, and Zaire
Comments Reviewed by Loveridge and Williams (1957) and Meylan (1987).
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