EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Cycloderma aubryi
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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..............Cycloderma aubryi (Aubry's Flapshell Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Duméril 1856 : 374
- Holotype
- MNHN 8006
- Type Locality
- "Gabon"
- 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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