Cycloderma
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Cycloderma is a genus of softshell turtles in the subfamily Cyclanorbinae of the family Trionychidae. The genus is endemic to Africa.
Species
The genus Cycloderma contains the following extant species:
- Aubry's flapshell turtle – Cycloderma aubryi (A.H.A. Duméril, 1856)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[1]
- Zambezi flapshell turtle – Cycloderma frenatum W. Peters, 1854Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[1]
Two extinct fossil species are also known: Cycloderma victoriae Andrews, 1914Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., from the early Miocene of Kenya; and Cycloderma debroinae Meylan et al., 1990Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., from the late Miocene to the Pliocene of Kenya.[2][3]
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Cycloderma.
References
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Further reading
- Peters W (1854). "Übersicht der auf seiner Reise nach Mossambique beobachteten Schilkröten ". Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlung der Königlich Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1854: 215-216. (Cycloderma, new genus, p. 216). (in German and Latin).