Zambezi flapshell turtle

Zambezi flapshell turtle
Zambezi flapshell turtle
Plastron with the peculiar hindleg flaps
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Trionychidae
Subfamily: Cyclanorbinae
Genus: Cycloderma
Species: C. frenatum
Binomial name
Cycloderma frenatum
Peters, 1854
Synonyms

Aspidochelys livingstonii

The Zambezi flapshell turtle (Cycloderma frenatum) is a species of softshell turtle (family Trionychidae). Within its family, it belongs to the smaller and exclusively Old World subfamily, the Cyclanorbinae.

It is found in southeastern Africa, in the countries of Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe, and nanely in the Zambezi basin. This turtle is becoming rare due to habitat loss.

The carapace is smooth and nondescript as in many Trionychidae

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