Cyclanorbis elegans
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Trionychoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Trionychidae
Subfamilia: Cyclanorbinae
Genus: Cyclanorbis
Species: Cyclanorbis elegans
Name
[edit]- Cyclanorbis elegans (Gray 1869)
Synonyms:
- Cyclanorbis elegans (Gray 1869:215)
- Baikiea elegans Gray 1869:215
- Cyclanorbis oligotylus Siebenrock 1902:810
Distribution
[edit]Africa
- Type locality: "Africa"; restricted by Webb (1975) to the "Niger River drainage in West Africa".
- Syntypes: BMNH 1946.1.22.15, 1947.3.6.26, 1947.3.6.27, 1947.3.6.28, and 1947.3.6.29; BMNH 1946.1.22.15 designated lectotype by Webb 1975.
References
[edit]- Gray 1869. Notes on the families and genera of tortoises (Testudinata), and on the characters afforded by the study of their skulls. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1869: 165–225.
- Siebenrock, F. 1902. Zur Systematik der Schildkrötenfamilie Trionychidae Bell, nebst der Beschreibung einer neuen Cyclanorbis - Art. Sitzungsber. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien. Math-Naturwiss. Cl. 111: 807–846
- Webb, R.G. 1975. Types of two names of African softshell turtles of the genus Cyclanorbis (Testudines: Trionychidae). Herpetologica 31: 348–350.
Vernacular names
[edit]Deutsch: Gefleckte Klappen-Weichschildkröte
English: Nubian flapshell turtle