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)
- Zambezi flapshell turtle – Cycloderma frenatum W. Peters, 1854
Two extinct fossil species are also known: Cycloderma victoriae Andrews, 1914, from the early Miocene of Kenya; and Cycloderma debroinae Meylan et al., 1990, from the late Miocene to the Pliocene of Kenya.
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Cycloderma.
Bibliography
- Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour (2011-12-31). (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 5. Archived from (PDF) on 2012-01-31.
- Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007-10-31). (PDF). Archived from (PDF) on 2011-05-01.
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).