Zambezi flapshell turtle

The Zambezi flapshell turtle (''Cycloderma frenatum'') is a species of softshell turtle in the Family (biology), 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,"''Cycloderma frenatum'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. and mainly in the Zambezi basin.

Conservation status

''C. frenatum'' is becoming rare due to habitat loss.

References

Further reading

*Wilhelm Peters, 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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Cycloderma
Reptiles described in 1854
Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot