EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Cyclanorbis senegalensis
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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 senegalensis (Senegal Flapshell Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Duméril and Bibron 1835 : 504
- Holotype
- MNHN 4151
- Type Locality
- "Sénégal"
- Original name
- Cryptopus senegalensis
- Common Name
- Senegal Flapshell Turtle
- Distribution
- Senegal to Cameroon to Sudan
- Comments
- Reviewed by Loveridge and Williams (1957) and Meylan (1987).
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