Zambezi flapshell turtle
Species of turtle
Zambezi flapshell turtle | |
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Head of a Cycloderma frenatum | |
Conservation status | |
![]() Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Family: | Trionychidae |
Genus: | Cycloderma |
Species: | C. frenatum |
Binomial name | |
Cycloderma frenatum W. Peters, 1854 | |
Synonyms[3] | |
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The Zambezi flapshell turtle (Cycloderma frenatum) is a species of softshell turtle in the family Trionychidae). Within its family, C. frenatum belongs to the smaller, and exclusively Old World, subfamily Cyclanorbinae.
Geographic range
C. frenatum is found in southeastern Africa, in the countries of Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zanzibar, and Zimbabwe,[4] and mainly in the Zambezi basin.
Conservation status
C. frenatum is becoming rare due to habitat loss.
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References
- ^ van Dijk, P.P. (2016). "Cycloderma frenatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T6009A3088072. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T6009A3088072.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 314–315. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ^ "Cycloderma frenatum ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Peters W (1854). "Übersicht der auf seiner Reise nach Mossambique beobachteten Schildkröten ". Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlung der Königlich Preuissische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1854: 215–216. (Cycloderma frenatum, new species, p. 216). (in German and Latin).
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Trionychidae family
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Reptilia
- Subclass: Anapsida
- Order: Testudines
- Superfamily: Trionychia
Species of the Trionychidae family |
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- Asiatic softshell turtle
- †Amyda gregaria
- Amyda ornata
- †Axestemys byssina
- †Axestemys cerevisia
- †Axestemys montinsana
- †Axestemys quinni
- †Axestemys splendida
- †Axestemys vittata
- Aubry's flapshell turtle
- Zambezi flapshell turtle
- †Gilmoremys gettyspherensis
- †Gilmoremys lancensis
- †Hutchemys arctochelys
- †Hutchemys rememdium
- †Hutchemys tetanetron
- †Hutchemys sterea
- †Hutchemys acupictus
- †Khunnuchelys erinhotensis
- †Khunnuchelys kizylkumensis
- †Khunnuchelys lophorhothon
- †Palaeoamyda messeliana
Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. †=extinct.