EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Cyclanorbis elegans
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)
subfamily.......Cyclanorbinae (Flapshell Softshell Turtles)
genus...............Cyclanorbis (Sub-saharan Flapshell Turtles)
species..............Cyclanorbis elegans (Nubian Flapshell Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Gray 1869a : 222
- Syntypes
- (5 specimens) BMNH 1946.1.22.15; BMNH 1947.3.6.26; BMNH 1947.3.6.27; BMNH 1947.3.6.28; BMNH 1947.3.6.29; BMNH 1946.1.22.15 designated lectotype by Webb 1975:348.
- Type Locality
- "Africa"; restricted to "Niger River drainage in West Africa" by Webb (1975:349)
- Original name
- Baikiea elegans
- Common Name
- Nubian Flapshell Turtle
- Distribution
- Ghana to Sudan
- Comments
- Reviewed by Loveridge and Williams (1957) and Meylan (1987).
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