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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)
subfamily.......Cyclanorbinae (Flapshell Softshell Turtles)
genus...............Cycloderma (Central African Flapshell Turtles)
species
species list
C. aubryi (Aubry's Flapshell Turtle)
C. frenatum (Zambezi Flapshell Turtle)
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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